| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xix, 811 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
An "unfliching and often unflattering view of James Dickey's life."--Carolinian. |
| Contents |
I. Origins 1 -- 1. Cityfolk and Countryfolk 3 -- II. Invisible Student 23 -- 2. "A Good Old Scout" (1929-1936) 25 -- 3. An Athlete's Masks (1936-1941) 32 -- 4. Postgraduate Blues (1941-1942) 47 -- 5. A Cadet's Rites of Passage (Fall 1942) 51 -- III. Journey to War 63 -- 6. Failed Pilot (1943-1944) 65 -- 7. Brain of the Plane (1945) 83 -- IV. Becoming a Poet 119 -- 8. Vanderbilt University (1946-1950) 121 -- V. A King in the Classroom 153 -- 9. Rice Institute (1950) 155 -- 10. Korean Distraction (1951-1952) 159 -- 11. Return to Academe (1952-1954) 171 -- 12. Travels in Europe (1954-1955) 181 -- 13. Uncle Ez and the Pen Women Scandal (1955-1956) 193 -- VI. Into the Stone: the Advertising Years 205 -- 14. Coca-Cola and Jingle Jim (1956-1959) 207 -- 15. Potato Chips and Canoe Trips (1959-1961) 240 -- VII. Barnstorming for Poetry 267 -- 16. Return to Europe (1961-1962) 269 -- 17. A Southerner in Oregon (1963-1964) 288 -- 18. California Sojourn (1964-1965) 321 -- 19. A Frozen Berkeley (Spring 1966) 335 -- VIII. In Poetry's Catbird Seat 353 -- 20. First Term (1966-1967) 355 -- 21. Second Term (1967-1968) 374 -- IX. Tenure in South Carolina 397 -- 22. "A Starry Place Between the Antlers" (1968) 399 -- 23. To the Moon and Hollywood (1969) 423 -- X. Deliverance 439 -- 24. A Bestseller (1970) 441 -- 25. Making the Movie (1971) 466 -- XI. Second Act 493 -- 26. King of the Cats (1971-1972) 495 -- 27. Premieres and Their Aftermath (1972-1973) 508 -- 28. A Double Vision (1973-1974) 529 -- 29. "Star-Beasts of Intellect and Madness" (1975-1976) 549 -- XII. La Vita Nuova 563 -- 30. Second Marriage (1976) 565 -- 31. Presidential Poet (1977) 574 -- 32. New Ventures (1977-1979) 586 -- 33. Under the Stone Snows of Mount Saint Helens (1980) 605 -- XIII. Slowly Toward Alnilam 619 -- 34. Second Fatherhood (1981-1982) 621 -- 35. Puella Troubles (1981-1982) 634 -- 36. Poet at Sixty (1982-1985) 647 -- 37. Descent into Chaos (1985-1987) 658 -- 38. A Blind Ulysses (1987) 671 -- XIV. To the White Sea 687 -- 39. Fortunes Rising, Fortunes Falling (1987-1992) 689 -- 40. Into the Desolation of Reality (1992-1994) 712 -- 41. Heart of the World (1994-1997) 727 -- 42. Last Rites (1997) 749. |
| Subject |
Dickey, James.
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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| Added Title |
World as a lie |
| ISBN |
0312203209 |
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9780312203207 |
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