The Bohemians: Mark Twain and the San Francisco Writers Who

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The Bohemians: Mark Twain and the San Francisco Writers Who Reinvented American Literature

An extraordinary portrait of a fast-changing Americaâ€”and the Western writers who gave voice to its emerging identity

At once an intimate portrait of an unforgettable group of writers and a history of a cultural revolution in America, The Bohemians reveals how a brief moment on the far western frontier changed our culture forever. Beginning with Mark Twainâ€™s arrival in San Francisco in 1863, this group biography introduces readers to the other young eccentric writers seeking to create a new American voice at the countryâ€™s edgeâ€”literary golden boy Bret Harte; struggling gay poet Charles Warren Stoddard; and beautiful, haunted Ina Coolbrith, poet and protector of the group. Ben Tarnoffâ€™s elegant, atmospheric history reveals how these four pioneering writers helped spread the Bohemian movement throughout the world, transforming American literature along the way.

â€œTarnoffâ€™s book sings with the humor and expansiveness of his subjectsâ€™ prose, capturing the intoxicating atmosphere of possibility that defined, for a time, Americaâ€™s frontier.â€ --Â The New Yorker

â€œRich hauls of historical research, deeply excavated but lightly borne.... Mr. Tarnoffâ€™s ultimate thesis is a strong one, strongly expressed: that together these writers â€˜helped pry American literature away from its provincial origins in New England and push it into a broader currentâ€™.â€Â --Â Wall Street JournalÂ
Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Penguin Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 0143126962_used
Color White
ReleaseDate 2015-02-24
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780143126966

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin
Manufacturer	Penguin Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	0143126962_used
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2015-02-24
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780143126966

The Bohemians: Mark Twain and the San Francisco Writers Who Reinvented American Literature

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