Book Description
Willie Stark's obsession with political power leads to the ultimate corruption of his gubernatorial administration.
Author : Robert Penn Warren
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 47,39 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780156012959
Willie Stark's obsession with political power leads to the ultimate corruption of his gubernatorial administration.
Author : Robert Penn Warren
Publisher : Penguin Classics
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,59 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Governors
ISBN : 9780141188614
Set in the 1930s, this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel traces the rise and fall of Willie Stark, who resembles the real life Huey "Kingfish" Long of Louisiana.
Author : Robert Penn Warren
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service Inc
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 18,1 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780822200185
THE STORY: As told by Atkinson: Eliminate the story of Huey Long, which Mr. Warren says is not what he is trying to interpret. He is anatomizing the career with nothing but purity in his heart. Discovering that he is being used by a cynical machin
Author : Robert Marshall
Publisher : Canelo + ORM
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 32,72 MB
Release : 2022-04-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1800326432
The story of one of the most astonishing episodes of espionage and deception of World War Two. This is the tale of two men: Claude Dansey, deputy head of MI6, and double agent Henri Dericourt, who was planted with the rival wartime secret service – SOE – at Dansey’s instructions. From there began a terrifying trail of destruction. After making contact with Dansey in 1942, Dericourt was recruited to SOE as the man desperately needed to organize top-secret flights in and out of occupied French territory. But at the same time Dericourt was in touch with German counter-espionage in Paris. As SOE congratulated themselves on a new asset, Dericourt gave the Nazis everything; every flight, operation and coded message he could. Against a background of unprecedented deception and betrayal, Dansey’s secret MI6 operation eventually led to the arrest of nearly one thousand men and women, hundreds of whom died in concentration camps. How did it go so wrong? A shocking, enthralling account of a devastating episode in the history of the British secret services, perfect for readers of Ben MacIntyre.
Author : Jonathan S. Cullick
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 23,31 MB
Release : 2018-08-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0813175941
Robert Penn Warren is one of the best-known and most consequential Kentucky writers of the twentieth century and the only American writer to have won three Pulitzers in two different genres. All the King's Men, generally considered one of the finest novels ever written on American politics, transcends sensationalism and topicality to stand as art. It was a bestseller, won the Pulitzer Prize, and became an Academy Award–winning movie. Depicting the rise and fall of a dictatorial southern politician—modeled on Huey Long of Louisiana—the timeless story and memorable characters raise questions about the importance of history, moral conflicts in public policy, and idealism in government. In Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men: A Reader's Companion, author Jonathan S. Cullick considers the themes of this famous novel within the context of America's current political climate. He addresses the novel's continuing relevance and interviews a cross-section of elected and appointed officials, as well as journalists, in Kentucky to explore how Warren's novel has influenced their work and approach to politics. By focusing on what Warren's novel has to say about power, populism, ethics, and the force of rhetoric, Cullick encourages readers to think about their own identities and responsibilities as American citizens. This volume promises to be not only an indispensable companion to All the King's Men but it also provides context and a new diverse set of perspectives from which to understand this seminal novel.
Author : George B. Gerhard
Publisher : Arco
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 24,91 MB
Release : 1983-07-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780671006976
Author : Harold Bloom
Publisher : Chelsea House Publications
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 41,99 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :
A collection of critical essays on Warren's novel "All the King's Men" arranged in chronological order of publication.
Author : Robert Penn Warren
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 48,13 MB
Release : 2015-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0803299273
In this elegant book, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer explores the manifold ways in which the Civil War changed the United States forever. He confronts its costs, not only human (six hundred thousand men killed) and economic (beyond reckoning) but social and psychological. He touches on popular misconceptions, including some concerning Abraham Lincoln and the issue of slavery. The war in all its facets "grows in our consciousness," arousing complex emotions and leaving "a gallery of great human images for our contemplation."
Author : Robert Penn Warren
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 669 pages
File Size : 24,46 MB
Release : 1996-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0547536844
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this classic book is generally regarded as the finest novel ever written on American politics. It describes the career of Willie Stark, a back-country lawyer whose idealism is overcome by his lust for power.
Author : Jane Yarbrough
Publisher : Barron's Educational Series
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 48,1 MB
Release : 1985-12
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9780764191039
A lively, in-depth discussion of ALL THE KING'S MEN. Students are taken on an exciting journey of discovery through every scene or chapter. Also included are unique text notes, ideas for term papers, notes on the author's life, as well as a glossary.