Literary Rogues

Literary Rogues A Scandalous History of Wayward Authors

1st Edition

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Publisher's Synopsis

Rock stars, rappers, and actors haven't always had a monopoly on misbehaving. There was a time when authors fought with both words and fists, a time when poets were the ones living fast and dying young. This witty, insightful and wildly entertaining narrative profiles the literary greats who wrote generation-defining classics such as The Great Gatsby and On the Road while living and loving like hedonistic rock icons, who were as likely to go on epic benders as they were to hit the bestseller lists. Literary Rogues turns back the clock to consider these historical (and, in some cases, living) legends, including Edgar Allan Poe, Oscar Wilde, Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Dorothy Parker, Hunter S. Thompson, and Bret Easton Ellis. Brimmming with fascinating research, Literary Rogues is part nostalgia, part literary analysis, and a wholly raucous celebration of brilliant writers and their occasionally troubled legacies - P

Book information

ISBN: 9780062077288
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Imprint: Harper Perennial
Pub date:
Edition: 1st Edition
DEWEY: 820.9
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 297
Weight: 240g
Height: 203mm
Width: 137mm
Spine width: 20mm