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01880aam a2200397 i 4500 001 3820E2B06B5711E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 141111s2015 pau b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2014035170 020 $a 0271065281 (cloth : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780271065281 (cloth : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)897042161 040 $a PSt/DLC $b eng $e rda $c UPM $d DLC $d BDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d CDX $d HLS $d ORC $d VP@ $d MEU $d IWA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a CT21 D68 2015 100 1 $a Donaldson, Scott, $d 1928- $e author. 245 14 $a The impossible craft : $b literary biography / $c Scott Donaldson. 264 1 $a University Park, Pennsylvania : $b The Pennsylvania State University Press, $c [2015] 300 $a viii, 284 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a The Penn State series in the history of the book 520 $a "Explores the challenges and rewards faced by literary biographers. Details the author's experiences writing the lives of writers including Edwin Arlington Robinson, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Cheever, and Archibald MacLeish"--Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-270) and index. 505 0 $a Beginnings -- Topics in literary biography -- The impossible craft -- Case studies -- The cheever misadventure. 546 $a Text in English. 650 0 $a Biography as a literary form. 650 0 $a Authors $x Authorship. $x Authorship. 650 0 $a Authors, American $x Theory, etc. $x History and criticism $x Theory, etc. 650 0 $a Biographers. 600 10 $a Donaldson, Scott, $d 1928- 830 0 $a Penn State series in the history of the book. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231021011212.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826111136.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3820E2B06B5711E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search