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Creative Chicago : from the chap-book to the university

Title
Creative Chicago : from the chap-book to the university / Henry Regnery ; introduction by Joseph Epstein.
Author
Regnery, Henry, 1912-1996.
Publication
Evanston : Chicago Historical Bookworks, 1993.

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Book/TextUse in library F548.3 .R44 1993Off-site

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Additional Authors
Epstein, Joseph
Description
xix, 200 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • American literature > Illinois > Chicago > History and criticism
  • City and town life in literature
  • American literature
  • City and town life in literature
  • Intellectual life
  • Literature
  • Literatur
  • Geschichte
  • Chicago (Ill.) > Intellectual life
  • Chicago (Ill.) > In literature
  • Illinois > Chicago
  • Chicago, Ill
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Foreword: The question of Chicago. Book publishing in Chicago: 1840-1940. Robert Fergus : a prophetic figure. Stone & Kimball and the chap-book. From the Oz books to Tarzan -- The creative spirit in a prairie setting. The Dial and Chicago's saving remnant. Harper : the providential man. Hutchins : the worthy successor. Harriet Monroe and poetry -- A consideration of three Chicago authors. Henry Blake Fuller : the unwilling Chicagoan. Hamlin Garland : an appreciation. Theodore Dreiser : a great writer in spite of himself -- Raising the visions of his contemporaries. Louis H. Sullivan : visionary and architect. Upbringing and education. Settling down to work. The collapse of a career -- Afterthoughts ... some reminiscences and a hope.
ISBN
  • 0924772247
  • 9780924772245
LCCN
93011130
OCLC
  • ocm28114396
  • 28114396
  • SCSB-2035577
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library