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In Dreams Begin Responsibilities and Other Stories
Delmore Schwartz
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Description for In Dreams Begin Responsibilities and Other Stories
Paperback. Series: Independent Voices S. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
Delmore Schwartz became the voice of a new generation, when In Dreams Begin Responsibilities was published in the debut issue of 'Partisan Review' in 1937. The title story tells of an unnamed young man who has a dream that he is in an old-fashioned movie theatre in 1909. As he sits down to watch the film, he starts to realize that it is a motion picture documenting his parents' courtship. At turns he becomes engrossed, upset and outraged, in a story that set the stage for the arrival of an acclaimed literary voice.
Delmore Schwartz became the voice of a new generation, when In Dreams Begin Responsibilities was published in the debut issue of 'Partisan Review' in 1937. The title story tells of an unnamed young man who has a dream that he is in an old-fashioned movie theatre in 1909. As he sits down to watch the film, he starts to realize that it is a motion picture documenting his parents' courtship. At turns he becomes engrossed, upset and outraged, in a story that set the stage for the arrival of an acclaimed literary voice.
Product Details
Publisher
Souvenir Press Ltd United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Series
Independent Voices S.
Condition
New
Weight
187g
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780285636699
SKU
V9780285636699
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About Delmore Schwartz
Delmore Schwartz (1913 - 1966) was an American poet and short story writer. He was an influence on Philip Roth and Saul Bellow, immortalised in songs by Lou Reed and John Berryman. He died destitute in a New York hotel in 1966.
Reviews for In Dreams Begin Responsibilities and Other Stories
A poignant portrait of... two generations, and the clashes, gulfs and 'unbreakable unity' between them... his best stories view his characters with such sharpness that the wider significances never seem forced.
Independent
Many of the stories in this fine collection have a strange clairvoyance; they are dark with the threat of imminent catastrophe.
Observer
Schwartz had ... Read more
Independent
Many of the stories in this fine collection have a strange clairvoyance; they are dark with the threat of imminent catastrophe.
Observer
Schwartz had ... Read more