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James Purdy I Am Elijah Thrush (Paperback)
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- Publication Name
- I Am Elijah Thrush
- Title
- I Am Elijah Thrush
- Contributor
- Robert J. Corber (Foreword by)
- ISBN-10
- 1531501192
- EAN
- 9781531501198
- ISBN
- 9781531501198
- Release Year
- 2022
- Release Date
- 04/10/2022
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 216mm
- Publication Year
- 2022
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- I AM Elijah Thrush
- Item Length
- 8.5in
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Genre
- History, Social Science, Fiction
- Topic
- United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Lgbt Studies / General, General
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Number of Pages
- 126 Pages
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On its surface, I Am Elijah Thrush is the story of Millicent De Frayne and her sensational half-century campaign to win the love of Elijah Thrush. Elijah, after ruining the lives of countless men and women, is finally in love "incorrectly, if not indecently," with his great-grandson, Bird of Heaven. To support an unusual habit, a young Black man, Albert Peggs, reluctantly agrees to tell their remarkable story. It is in this telling that the ambitions, desires, and true natures of Elijah, Millicent, and Albert come to light. With a delicately controlled balance of whimsy and pathos, James Purdy gives us this comedy of the heroic, the tragic, and the truly bizarre. Met with critical bewilderment upon its initial publication fifty years ago, this new edition offers a Foreword by Robert J. Corber illuminating Purdy's "complicated allegory" of objectification, desire, and race in the immediate post-civil rights moment.
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Publisher
Fordham University Press
ISBN-10
1531501192
ISBN-13
9781531501198
eBay Product ID (ePID)
4057269897
Product Key Features
Book Title
I AM Elijah Thrush
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Lgbt Studies / General, General
Publication Year
2022
Genre
History, Social Science, Fiction
Number of Pages
126 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5in
Item Width
5.5in
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Lc Classification Number
Ps3531.U426i36 2022
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Exquisitely camp, deliberately decadent, heartless and overripe, I Am Elijah Thrush is recommended to all queer fish, black swans, prodigies, and hybrids., [Purdy's] style is impulsive and prodding, uniquely his own, and uniquely haunting. ---Jonathan Lethem, Mr. Purdy astonishes us with the vividness and fluency that he imparts to an extremely fanciful story . . . The effects are dazzling!, James Purdy was out of category, out of this world, and, hence, often out of print. He was also, without question, one of the most original American writers of the twentieth century. ---Fran Lebowitz, [Purdy's] style is impulsive and prodding, uniquely his own, and uniquely haunting. ---Jonathan Lethem,, In his very best stories and novels Purdy has invented a poetic dreamscape where evil and naiveté collide. He is an enchanter of lost souls who delights and disturbs us with his wayward, winsome ghosts. ---Jerome Charyn, Daily Beast, James Purdy was out of category, out of this world, and, hence, often out of print. He was also, without question, one of the most original American writers of the twentieth century. ---Fran Lebowitz,, James Purdy was out of category, out of this world, and hence, often out of print. He was also, without question, one of the most original American writers of the twentieth century. ---Fran Lebowitz,
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2022-913508
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