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This study shows when, where and how novelist Hugh Walpole, author of forty-two books of fiction and two famous screenplays, came to typify the image of the genius "British lecturer" in the minds of many Americans. The number of British literary men and women lecturing in America between the two World Wars was, and continues to be, remarkable. Among them, Hugh Walpole was considered one of the best, touring America five times for two decades, and leaving his own personal stamp. ... Read more

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A welcome addition to library and college literary studies shelves
Written by Dr. Elizabeth Steele (Professor Emerita of English, University of Toledo), Sir Hugh Walpole and the United States: A Novelist's View of 1919-1936 America is a scholarly examination of the themes and works of knighted English novelist Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole (1884-1941). Drawing upon Walpole's lectures, and especially focusing upon Walpole's view of America in the roaring twenties and the Great Depression, Sir Hugh Walpole and the United States features meticulous documentation in its analysis of Walpole's insights, and especially his visit to Hollywood. Appendices include two of Walpole's short stories, "The Tiger" and "The Exile", and two of Walpole's essays, "An Englishman's View of Modern America" and "Nobody Is Safe in Hollywood." A welcome addition to library and college literary studies shelves, offering a balanced insight into the workings of American society from the point of a view of an outsider who nevertheless formed a bond with the culture of a distant soil. ... Read more

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First published in 1952 by Macmillan, the author draws on Walpole's journals, letters and diaries to give an intimate portrayal of both the man and the writer. ... Read more