Morris, Wright 1910-1998
Overview
| Works: | 326 works in 1,211 publications in 4 languages and 44,087 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Fiction Criticism, interpretation, etc Western fiction Biographies Domestic fiction Pictorial works Psychological fiction Short stories Illustrated works History |
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| Roles: | Author, Photographer, Editor, Author of introduction, Illustrator, Other, Correspondent |
| Classifications: | PS3525.O7475, 813.52 |
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Most widely held works about
Wright Morris
- Wright Morris by Leon Howard( Book )
- Fiction of the forties by Chester E Eisinger( Book )
- Wright Morris by David Madden( Book )
- Will's boy : a memoir by Wright Morris( Book )
- A cloak of light : writing my life by Wright Morris( Book )
- Photographs & words by Wright Morris( Book )
- The novels of Wright Morris : a critical interpretation by Gail Bruce Crump( Book )
- Solo : an American dreamer in Europe, 1933-34 by Wright Morris( Book )
- After alienation : American novels in mid-century by Marcus Klein( Book )
- Wright Morris revisited by Joseph J Wydeven( Book )
- The inhabitants by Wright Morris( Book )
- Writing my life : an autobiography by Wright Morris( Book )
- Wright Morris visited by Joseph J Wydeven( )
- Wright Morris : origin of a species : San Francisco Museum of Modern Art by Wright Morris( Book )
- Twentieth-Century literary criticism by Linda Pavlovski( )
- Wright Morris : memory and imagination by Roy K Bird( Book )
- Wright Morris : structures and artifacts : photographs, 1933-1954 by Wright Morris( Book )
- Time pieces : the photographs and words of Wright Morris : March 16-May 15, 1983, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C by Wright Morris( Book )
- Mensch und Mythos : d. mittlere Westen im Romanwerk von Wright Morris by Manfred Zirkel( Book )
- Solo : an American dreamer in Europe, 1933-1934 by Wright Morris( Book )
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Most widely held works by
Wright Morris
The field of vision by
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46 editions published between 1956 and 2017 in English and Japanese and held by 1,794 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story unfolds by views of events through the voices of different characters. A group of Nebraskans find themselves in a bullfight arena in Mexico City
46 editions published between 1956 and 2017 in English and Japanese and held by 1,794 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story unfolds by views of events through the voices of different characters. A group of Nebraskans find themselves in a bullfight arena in Mexico City
Plains song, for female voices by
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36 editions published between 1930 and 2013 in English and held by 1,750 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of three generations of women from the Atkins family who settle, and farm on the middle western plains from the early years of the twentieth century to the 1970s
36 editions published between 1930 and 2013 in English and held by 1,750 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of three generations of women from the Atkins family who settle, and farm on the middle western plains from the early years of the twentieth century to the 1970s
Love among the cannibals by
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43 editions published between 1957 and 2018 in 3 languages and held by 1,426 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Wright Morris' new novel is a complete change for a National Book Award winner. It is short, sexy, straight-forward and easy to read; his admirers however may find it a disappointment. The narrator, Earl Horter, is a lyric writer of juke box songs. He is 41, and he and his partner, Mac (the "poor man's Rodgers and Hart") are in Hollywood to work on a musical. They each pick up a girl - Mac's is a Memphis belle and Earl's is a Greek goddess - and the four take a trip to Acapulco where the primitive atmosphere reveals the true nature of each. The book is in part a take-off of Hollywood and modern life in general, and seems also to be a parody of "serious" novels on the movie capital. Morris does some pretty good work on cliches and there are moments clearly and freshly , but the main theme is too shallow and easy for as subtle a writer as Morris..... It is still a better than average book - a likelier candidate for popular sales now, reprints later."--Kirkus
43 editions published between 1957 and 2018 in 3 languages and held by 1,426 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Wright Morris' new novel is a complete change for a National Book Award winner. It is short, sexy, straight-forward and easy to read; his admirers however may find it a disappointment. The narrator, Earl Horter, is a lyric writer of juke box songs. He is 41, and he and his partner, Mac (the "poor man's Rodgers and Hart") are in Hollywood to work on a musical. They each pick up a girl - Mac's is a Memphis belle and Earl's is a Greek goddess - and the four take a trip to Acapulco where the primitive atmosphere reveals the true nature of each. The book is in part a take-off of Hollywood and modern life in general, and seems also to be a parody of "serious" novels on the movie capital. Morris does some pretty good work on cliches and there are moments clearly and freshly , but the main theme is too shallow and easy for as subtle a writer as Morris..... It is still a better than average book - a likelier candidate for popular sales now, reprints later."--Kirkus
Wright Morris territory : a treasury of work by
Wright Morris(
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8 editions published in 2011 in English and held by 1,278 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Reproduced from the 1948 edition of The Home Place, the Bison Book edition brings back into print an important early work by one of the most highly regarded of contemporary American Writers. This account in first-person narrative and photographs of the one-day visit of Clyde Muncy to ""the home place"" at Lone Tree, Nebraska, has been called ""as near to a new fiction form as you could get."" Both prose and pictures are homely: worn linoleum, an old man's shoes, well-used kitchen utensils, and weathered siding. Muncy's journey of discovery takes the measure of the man he has bec
8 editions published in 2011 in English and held by 1,278 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Reproduced from the 1948 edition of The Home Place, the Bison Book edition brings back into print an important early work by one of the most highly regarded of contemporary American Writers. This account in first-person narrative and photographs of the one-day visit of Clyde Muncy to ""the home place"" at Lone Tree, Nebraska, has been called ""as near to a new fiction form as you could get."" Both prose and pictures are homely: worn linoleum, an old man's shoes, well-used kitchen utensils, and weathered siding. Muncy's journey of discovery takes the measure of the man he has bec
Man and boy by
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33 editions published between 1951 and 2018 in English and Italian and held by 1,249 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Mother Ormsby, noted birdwatcher and lecturer, is a tyrant at home and nearly ruins her marital and parental relations
33 editions published between 1951 and 2018 in English and Italian and held by 1,249 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Mother Ormsby, noted birdwatcher and lecturer, is a tyrant at home and nearly ruins her marital and parental relations
Fire sermon by
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22 editions published between 1969 and 2017 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,114 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A young boy finds himself trapped between the secure world of his great-uncle and the exciting lives of a hippie couple
22 editions published between 1969 and 2017 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,114 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A young boy finds himself trapped between the secure world of his great-uncle and the exciting lives of a hippie couple
Earthly delights, unearthly adornments : American writers as image-makers by
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11 editions published in 1978 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,021 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
11 editions published in 1978 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,021 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
About fiction; reverent reflections on the nature of fiction with irreverent observations on writers, readers & other abuses by
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11 editions published in 1975 in English and held by 942 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
11 editions published in 1975 in English and held by 942 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The huge season : a novel by
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3 editions published in 1975 in English and held by 910 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this novel, set in 1952 but intermingling the past and present, the protagonist reviews the effects of the Jazz Age on himself and a friend, recalling their exploits in college, in Paris, and in love. The result is the picture of a generation
3 editions published in 1975 in English and held by 910 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this novel, set in 1952 but intermingling the past and present, the protagonist reviews the effects of the Jazz Age on himself and a friend, recalling their exploits in college, in Paris, and in love. The result is the picture of a generation
A life by
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14 editions published between 1973 and 1980 in English and Undetermined and held by 880 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
14 editions published between 1973 and 1980 in English and Undetermined and held by 880 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The home place by
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27 editions published between 1948 and 1999 in English and held by 853 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Reproduced from the 1948 edition, the Bison Book edition of The Home Place brings back into print an important early work by one of the most highly regarded of contemporary American authors. This account in first-person narrative and photographs of the one-day visit of Clyde Muncy to "the home place" at Lone Tree, Nebraska, has been called "the nearest thing to a documentary film that today's publishing has found" (New York Times Book Review) and "as near to a new fiction form as you coud get" (San Francisco Chronicle).- back cover
27 editions published between 1948 and 1999 in English and held by 853 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Reproduced from the 1948 edition, the Bison Book edition of The Home Place brings back into print an important early work by one of the most highly regarded of contemporary American authors. This account in first-person narrative and photographs of the one-day visit of Clyde Muncy to "the home place" at Lone Tree, Nebraska, has been called "the nearest thing to a documentary film that today's publishing has found" (New York Times Book Review) and "as near to a new fiction form as you coud get" (San Francisco Chronicle).- back cover
One day by
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19 editions published between 1965 and 1976 in English and held by 806 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
19 editions published between 1965 and 1976 in English and held by 806 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ceremony in Lone Tree by
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2 editions published in 1960 in English and held by 800 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Revelation of the hopes, fears and frustrations of Old Scanlon's family and friends as they gather at Lone Tree, Nebraska, to celebrate the patriarch's 90th birthday
2 editions published in 1960 in English and held by 800 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Revelation of the hopes, fears and frustrations of Old Scanlon's family and friends as they gather at Lone Tree, Nebraska, to celebrate the patriarch's 90th birthday
Collected stories, 1948-1986 by
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11 editions published between 1986 and 1989 in English and held by 799 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Author has won the American Book Award and the National Book Award
11 editions published between 1986 and 1989 in English and held by 799 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Author has won the American Book Award and the National Book Award
Cause for wonder by
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8 editions published in 1978 in English and held by 797 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
8 editions published in 1978 in English and held by 797 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Real losses, imaginary gains by
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9 editions published in 1976 in English and Undetermined and held by 758 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
9 editions published in 1976 in English and Undetermined and held by 758 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Fork River space project : a novel by
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10 editions published between 1977 and 1981 in English and held by 719 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
[This book] gets off to a promising start as a May-September couple on the Nebraska/Kansas border seek a handyman to deal with a clogged sink. "Plumbers do not come cheap," but the plumber lives (in what turns out to be nearly a ghost town) with a house-painter (who used to write) who works for three dollars an hour. Dahlberg, the painter, establishes himself with the young(er) wife, as the husband bemusedly watches their relationship develop and investigates the strange depopulation of Fork River (the not-quite abandoned town in which 700 people formerly lived, until a tornado or something swept a dozen and a large amount of dirt away, leaving a crater that is guarded by the plumber, the painter, and one other resident). --Stephen O. Murray at Amazon.com
10 editions published between 1977 and 1981 in English and held by 719 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
[This book] gets off to a promising start as a May-September couple on the Nebraska/Kansas border seek a handyman to deal with a clogged sink. "Plumbers do not come cheap," but the plumber lives (in what turns out to be nearly a ghost town) with a house-painter (who used to write) who works for three dollars an hour. Dahlberg, the painter, establishes himself with the young(er) wife, as the husband bemusedly watches their relationship develop and investigates the strange depopulation of Fork River (the not-quite abandoned town in which 700 people formerly lived, until a tornado or something swept a dozen and a large amount of dirt away, leaving a crater that is guarded by the plumber, the painter, and one other resident). --Stephen O. Murray at Amazon.com
God's country and my people by
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17 editions published between 1967 and 1981 in English and held by 702 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
17 editions published between 1967 and 1981 in English and held by 702 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The deep sleep by
Wright Morris(
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27 editions published between 1953 and 1975 in 3 languages and held by 697 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
27 editions published between 1953 and 1975 in 3 languages and held by 697 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
What a way to go by
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20 editions published between 1962 and 1979 in English and German and held by 680 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Professor Arnold Soby (regarded by his girl students as safe and acceptable, but also good fun) on a sabbatical voyage to Italy and Greece. Among Soby's shipboard companions are Miss Winifred Throop, retired head mistress of the Winnetka Country Day School; her companion and colleague, Miss Mathilde Kollwitz, teacher of French and German; and Miss Thropp's seventeen-year-old niece, Cynthia Pomeroy, beautiful, scatterbrained, and studiously vulgar
20 editions published between 1962 and 1979 in English and German and held by 680 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Professor Arnold Soby (regarded by his girl students as safe and acceptable, but also good fun) on a sabbatical voyage to Italy and Greece. Among Soby's shipboard companions are Miss Winifred Throop, retired head mistress of the Winnetka Country Day School; her companion and colleague, Miss Mathilde Kollwitz, teacher of French and German; and Miss Thropp's seventeen-year-old niece, Cynthia Pomeroy, beautiful, scatterbrained, and studiously vulgar
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Algren, Nelson, American fiction American literature Bowles, Paul, Bullfights Capote, Truman, Clark, Walter Van Tilburg, Cozzens, James Gould, Death in the family (Agee, James) Dos Passos, John, English language--Style Farm life Faulkner, William, Fiction Figures of speech Ghost towns Gordon, Caroline, Great Plains Hicks, Granville, Hitchhiking Literature Literature and society Lytle, Andrew Nelson, Manners and customs McCarthy, Mary, McCullers, Carson, Mexico Morris, Wright, Mothers and daughters Nebraska Novelists, American Older men Photography, Artistic Porter, Katherine Anne, Psychological fiction, American Schulberg, Budd Shaw, Irwin, Social values in literature Stafford, Jean, Stegner, Wallace, Symbolism in literature Taylor, Peter, Trilling, Lionel, United States Warren, Robert Penn, Welty, Eudora, Western stories West United States Women Wright, Richard,
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