Cheap Rooms and Restless Hearts : A Study of Formula in the Urban Tales of William Sydney Porter (9780879724214)

This book provides a close look at the character types and plot patterns found in the urban stories of William Sydney Potter (known as O. Henry), analyzing how these elements structure his tales and contribute to his popular formulas. Karen Charmaine Blansfield examines Porter's adventurous but troubled background - as a ranch hand, cowboy, bank teller, journalist, prisoner, fugitive, and more - to see how his experiences shaped these aspects of his fiction. She considers how the turbulent conditions of New York City at the turn of the century helped to launch O. Henry's meteoric career.

Product details

• Format Paperback | 154 pages
• Dimensions 169.16 x 230.63 x 9.14mm | 217.72g
• Publication date 15 Jun 1988
• Publisher University of Wisconsin Press
• Imprint Bowling Green University Popular Press,US
• Publication City/Country Bowling Green, United States
• Language English
• Illustrations note 6 b/w figures
• ISBN10 0879724218
• ISBN13 9780879724214
• Bestsellers rank 3,068,348

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