| All the King's Men Restored Edition Contributor(s): Warren, Robert Penn (Author), Polk, Noel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156012952 ISBN-13: 9780156012959 Publisher: Mariner Books Classics OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2002 Annotation: "A fully restored American political classic. . . . Now we can read it as it was written." --"Chicago Tribune" Winner of the 1947 Pulitzer Prize, "All the King's Men" is one of the most famous and widely read works in American literature, and as relevant today as it was fifty years ago. Now it has been fully restored and reintroduced by literary scholar Noel Polk, textual editor of the works of William Faulkner. Polk presents the novel as it was originally written, revealing even greater energy, excitement, complexity, and subtlety of character in this landmark of letters. "[Polk] should be commended for this restored edition of Warren's great novel. . . . Deeply imagined, beautifully written, ["All the King's Men"] is both a reckoning with the deepest forces of life and an edge-of-your seat page-turner."--"The Raleigh News and Observer" "To read ["All the King's Men"] in this new edition is to be struck again by its raw power, its urgency and relevance."--"New Orleans Times-Picayune" "The publication of a new, corrected edition of "All the King's Men" is welcome news for all who care about American literature." -- Joseph Blotner, author of "Robert Penn Warren: A Biography" Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989), America's first Poet Laureate, won three Pulitzer Prizes and virtually every other major award given to U.S. writers. Noel Polk is a professor of English at the University of Southern Mississippi. He lives in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Credits A Harvest Book Harcourt, Inc. 525 B Street, San Diego, CA 92101 15 East 26th Street, New York, NY 10010 www.HarcourtBooks.com 0902 0-15-601295-2 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Political |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2001024363 |
| Lexile Measure: 1060 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.3" W x 8.25" (1.35 lbs) 656 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - South |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 10827 Reading Level: 6.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 36.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this classic book is generally regarded as the finest novel ever written on American politics. It describes the career of Willie Stark, a back-country lawyer whose idealism is overcome by his lust for power. |
Contributor Bio(s): Warren, Robert Penn: - Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989) won three Pulitzer Prizes, the National Book Award, the National Medal for Literature, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 1986 he was named the country's first poet laureate. |