Shouting Down the Silence: A Biography of Stanley Elkin

by David C. Dougherty

Shouting Down the Silence presents the first complete biography of Stanley Elkin, a preeminent novelist who consistently won high marks from critics but whose complexities of style seemed destined to elude the popular acclaim he hoped to attain. From the publication of his second novel, A Bad Man, in 1967 to his death in 1995, Elkin was tormented by the desire for both material and artistic success.

Elkin's novels were taught...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252035089
• ISBN13: 9780252035081
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 9.3"