De Vries, Peter 1910-1993

Overview

Works:	102 works in 342 publications in 1 language and 23,044 library holdings
Genres:	Fiction Psychological fiction Drama Satire Film adaptations
Roles:	Other, Performer, Bibliographic antecedent
Classifications:	PS3507.E8673, 813.52

Publication Timeline

1930 |

|2020

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Publications about Peter De Vries

Publications by Peter De Vries

Publications by Peter De Vries, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about Peter De Vries

Peter De Vries by J. H Bowden ( Book )
Peter DeVries; a critical essay by Roderick Jellema ( Book )
The comedy of redemption : Christian faith and comic vision in four American novelists by Ralph C Wood ( Book )
Peter De Vries and surrealism by Dan Campion ( Book )
Peter De Vries-a bibliography, 1934-1977 by Edwin T Bowden ( Book )

Reuben, Reuben by R. E Miller ( Visual )
Peter De Vries : (1910-1993) ( )
Belle Krasne Ribicoff papers by Belle Krasne Ribicoff ( )
[Peter De Vries, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] ( Visual )
Bowden, Edwin Turner, Jr., papers by Edwin T Bowden ( )
Vernon Duke collection by Vernon Duke ( )
Three novelists and a community a study of American novelists with Dutch Calvinist origins by Cornelius John Ter Maat ( Book )
by Eve Merriam ( )
The comical satire of Peter DeVries by Trudy Marie Haeg ( Book )
Jean Burden Papers by Jean Burden ( )
George Dillon Papers by George Dillon ( )
by Ohio) Manuscript (Athens ( )
Edwin T. Bowden Collection Relating to Peter De Vries by Edwin T Bowden ( )
William Meredith papers by William Meredith ( )
The ridiculous and the absurd in the novels of Peter DeVries by Larry Ledeboer ( )

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Most widely held works by Peter De Vries

The blood of the lamb by Peter De Vries ( Book )
29 editions published between 1961 and 2007 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,388 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of a man who loses his faith in life as a child, when his brother dies, and tries to recover it in manhood when his young daughter's life hangs in the balance

Peckham's marbles by Peter De Vries ( Book )
6 editions published between 1986 and 1990 in English and held by 1,279 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Earl Peckham, frustrated because his novel has sold only three copies, sets out for America's heartland to find the three readers who bought his book

Slouching towards Kalamazoo by Peter De Vries ( Book )
9 editions published between 1983 and 2005 in English and held by 1,163 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Anthony Thrasher is a fifteen-year-old underachiever who simply cannot grasp the mundane realities of the eighth grade. While under the tutelage of his free-spirited teacher Miss Maggie Doubloon (she has the audacity to assign The Scarlet Letter to her class), Tony suddenly finds himself a father. Miss Doubloon leaves town wearing a large "A+" emblazoned on her T-shirt and returns to her hometown of Kalamazoo. Following Maggie and their illegitimate son, Ahab, Tony meet Bubbles Breedlove -- Ahab's buxom, virginal nursemaid -- and falls madly in love with her

The tents of wickedness by Peter De Vries ( Book )
5 editions published between 1949 and 1961 in English and held by 1,041 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A reporter attempts to re-educate a young recluse poetess by means of the spirit of nonconformance in the modern novel. Parodies Various literary styles, from Marquand to Kafka

The vale of laughter by Peter De Vries ( Book )
11 editions published between 1967 and 1970 in English and held by 963 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The tunnel of love by Peter De Vries ( Book )
31 editions published between 1949 and 2015 in English and held by 943 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The life and somewhat disreputable loves of a cartoonist, comically narrated by his friend, an art editor

Consenting adults : or, The duchess will be furious : a novel by Peter De Vries ( Book )
2 editions published between 1980 and 1981 in English and held by 940 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Mackerel Plaza by Peter De Vries ( Book )
28 editions published between 1958 and 1989 in English and held by 911 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The amorous and pastoral problems of a very liberal minister. Satirical, light comedy

Reuben, Reuben by Peter De Vries ( Book )
21 editions published between 1956 and 2015 in English and Undetermined and held by 911 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Let me count the ways by Peter De Vries ( Book )
5 editions published between 1965 and 1969 in English and held by 865 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Mrs. Wallop by Peter De Vries ( Book )
16 editions published between 1970 and 1971 in English and Undetermined and held by 861 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Without a stitch in time; a selection of the best humorous short pieces by Peter De Vries ( Book )
3 editions published between 1972 and 2015 in English and held by 827 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sauce for the goose by Peter De Vries ( Book )
4 editions published between 1981 and 1982 in English and held by 818 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Daisy Dobbin sets out to study sexual harassment in business offices, and she and her sister conspirator Effie both fall in love with the same man

The prick of noon by Peter De Vries ( Book )
8 editions published between 1985 and 1986 in English and held by 803 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Madder music by Peter De Vries ( Book )
6 editions published between 1977 and 1982 in English and Undetermined and held by 769 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Middle-aged, middle-class writer Bob Swirling copes with his puritanical upbringing, his repressed emotions and hostilities, his lack of self-confidence, and his imagined terminal illness by retreating into the identity of Groucho Marx

The glory of the hummingbird; a novel by Peter De Vries ( Book )
8 editions published between 1974 and 1976 in English and Undetermined and held by 760 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

I hear America swinging by Peter De Vries ( Book )
3 editions published in 1976 in English and held by 739 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The cat's pajamas & Witch's milk; two novels by Peter De Vries ( Book )
4 editions published in 1968 in English and held by 733 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Forever panting by Peter De Vries ( Book )
4 editions published between 1973 and 1982 in English and held by 724 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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Into your tent I'll creep by Peter De Vries ( Book )
3 editions published in 1971 in English and held by 722 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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