Sprightly Running (Masterplots II: Nonfiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: John Wain
- First Published: 1962
- Type of Work: Autobiography
- Time of Work: 1925-1960
- Setting: England
- Principal Characters: John Wain
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, 1960’s, Self-discovery, Memory, Literature, Writing, Novelists, England or English people
Form and Content
Though best known for his first novel Hurry On Down (1953; published in the United States as Born in Captivity, 1954), the press reaction to which placed him prominently but uncomfortably among the “angry young men” of the 1950’s, John Wain was among the most prolific and versatile writers of the decade—during which he had also produced two volumes of poetry (1951 and 1956), a collection of short stories (1960), a book of criticism entitled Preliminary Essays (1957), numerous other reviews, and three additional novels: Living in...
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