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Hamlin Garland: A Life
Author(s): Keith Newlin (Author)
- Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
- Publication Date: June 1, 2008
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 536 pages
- ISBN-10: 0803233477
- ISBN-13: 9780803233478
Book Description
The first and only other biography of Hamlin Garland was published more than forty years ago; since then, letters, manuscripts, and family memoirs have surfaced to provide, along with changing literary scholarship, a more evaluative and critical interpretation of Garland’s life and times.
Hamlin Garland: A Life is an exploration of Garland’s contributions to American literary culture and places his work within the artistic context of its time.Editorial Reviews
Review
“In highly readable, refreshingly clear prose, Newlin takes the reader through each phase of Garland’s life and career. . . . This biography of Garland will undoubtedly stand as the most definitive one for years to come.”—C. Johanningsmeier,
CHOICE Published On: 2008-10-01“Garland’s story is expertly and thoroughly examined. . . .
Hamlin Garland: A Life deserves a place in the library of every person interested in the depictions of rural life or the early history of Dakota Territory.”—Jon Lauck, South Dakota History Quarterly“
Hamlin Garland: A Life is an impressive achievement and an invaluable resource to literary scholars and researchers.”—Jeffy Swenson, Resources for American Literary Study“Thanks to Keith Newlin’s exhaustive and eloquently written biography, we now have access to the entirety of Hamlin Garland’s quirky, historically revealing life. . . . [
Hamlin Garland: A Life] is a biography that will serve as a resource to Garland scholars and as a detailed portrait of artistic networks spanning the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century.”—Philip Joseph, Western American Literature“To relate these crucial episodes and make sense of a man whose writings and life defy easy classification, Newlin has (like his subject) travelled indefatigably across the land. And while Garland struck out in his search for gold in the Klondike and for mystical buried crosses in southern California, Newlin has, to the vast benefit of American studies, struck pay dirt.”—Quentin Martin,
American Literary Realism
