My Life and Hard Times (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: James Thurber
- First Published: 1933
- Type of Work: Wit and humor
- Principal Characters: James Thurber, Charles, Mary, Herman, Roy, His Grandfather
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Language or languages, Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Writing, Wit or humor, Imagination, Fables, Phobias
To say that there are two worlds—the World of Ordinary Men and the World of Thurber—is a cliché that would never have been tolerated by James Thurber himself, for one of the charms of his style is a scrupulous avoidance of anything resembling the trite. Among his many phobias there must have existed the dread of turning a corner in a sentence and being waylaid with a cliché. His precision of language and careful attention to detail are the qualities that infuse his writing with interest and charm, as is his ability to impose a world of fantasy on a world of reality and to achieve...
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