2003, ISBN: 1931082391

Hardcover

[EAN: 9781931082396], Neubuch, [PU: Library of America, New York], LITERATURE: UNITED STATES: TWENTIETH CENTURY: THE NOVEL & SHORT STORY: DOS PASSOS, JOHN: PASSOS: NOVELS 1920-1925: ONE M… More...

[EAN: 9781931082396], Neubuch, [PU: Library of America, New York], LITERATURE: UNITED STATES: TWENTIETH CENTURY: THE NOVEL & SHORT STORY: DOS PASSOS, JOHN: PASSOS: NOVELS 1920-1925: ONE MAN'S INITIATION 1917, THREE SOLDIERS, MANHATTAN TRANSFER: EDITED W/ INTRODUCTION NOTES BY TOWNSEND LUDINGTON, SUPERB: BOLD: ACCOMPLISHED: INNOVATIVE: CLASSIC: NEW First Edition Library of America hardcover (Orig. 2003) First Printing: EXCELLENT NEW Library of America slipcase w/ double-ruled gilt borders & gilt LOA-logo on front panel & w/ sharp NEW edges & corners, NEW maroon silk-finish Brillianta fabric-over-boards cover w/ sharp NEW edges & corners & titles & LOA colophon handsomely gold-stamped on spine, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, IMPECCABLE white-on-maroon patterned end-papers on heavy stock, NEW Smyth-sewn binding w/ tight signatures & maroon-white-checked banding at spine-caps w/ a maroon silk page-marking ribbon bound from the top, PRISTINE interior printed in 10-point Linotron Galliard on SUPERB acid-free lightweight Domtar Literary Opaque archival paper * 5.0" x 8.08" x 1.00", 0.58 kg, viii+879+vii (894) pp. Slipcase: 5.30" x 8.48" x 1.16", 0.66 kg. * CONTENTS: Novels 1920-1925: One Man's Initiation: 1917 (1), Three Soldiers (87), Manhattan Transfer (477); Chronology (841), Note on the Texts (859), Notes (862) * ABOUT THE BOOK: Written in the decade before the publication of his famous U.S.A. trilogy, the 3 early novels collected in this Library of America volume record the emergence of John Dos Passos as a bold & accomplished chronicler of the upheavals of the early 20th century. Dos Passos drew upon his experiences as a volunteer ambulance driver serving near Verdun in writing "One Man’s Initiation: 1917" (1920), in which an idealistic young American learns of the fear, uncertainty, & camaraderie of war through his encounters w/ French soldiers & civilians. The unexpurgated text presented in this edition restores passages censored by the novel's original publisher. In "Three Soldiers" (1921) Dos Passos engaged in a deeper exploration of World War I & its psychological impact upon an increasingly fractured civilization. The novel depicts the experiences of Fuselli, a store clerk from San Francisco pathetically eager to win promotion; Chrisfield, an Indiana farmer who comes to hate army discipline; & Andrews, an introspective aspiring composer from New York, as they fight in the final battles of the war & then confront a world in which an illusory peace offers little respite from the dehumanizing servility & regimentation of militarized life. Dos Passos described "Manhattan Transfer" (1925), a kaleidoscopic portrait of New York City in the first two decades of the 20th century, as "utterly fantastic & New Yorkish." Drawing on the naturalism of Theodore Dreiser & the modernism of James Joyce, the novel follows the rising & falling fortunes of more than a dozen characters as they move through a bewildering maze of tenements & skyscrapers in which Wall Street speculators, theatrical celebrities, impoverished immigrants, & anarchist rebels all strive to make sense out of the chaos of modern urban existence. * ABOUT THE AUTHOR: JOHN DOS PASSOS (1896–1970) was born in Chicago & graduated from Harvard in 1916. His service as an ambulance driver in Europe at the end of World War I led him to write "Three Soldiers" in 1919, the first in a series of works that established him as one of the most prolific, inventive, and influential American writers of the 20th century. * ABOUT THE EDITOR: Townsend Ludington is Cary C. Boshamer Professor of English & American Studies at the University of North Carolina & author of "John Dos Passos: A Twentieth Century Odyssey." * The LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, & keeping permanently in print, America's best & most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, & ribbon markers, & are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for ce, Books<