Exile's Return : A Literary Odyssey of The 1920s

by Cowley, Malcolm; Faulkner, Donald W.

• ISBN13: 9780140187762
• ISBN10: 0140187766
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-12-01
• Publisher: Penguin Classics

Summary

Chronicles the "Lost Generation" of American writers during the 1920s and their impact on American literature and culture.

Author Biography

Malcolm Cowley (1898–1989) a leadiing literary figure of his time, wrote numerous books of literary criticism, essays, and poetry.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION	ix	(21)
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING	xxx	(7)
A NOTE ON THE TEXT	xxxvii
EXILE'S RETURN
PROLOGUE: THE LOST GENERATION	3	(10)
I. MANSIONS IN THE AIR	13	(35)
1. Blue Juniata	13	(2)
2. Big-Town High School	15	(8)
3. Apprentice of the Arts	23	(4)
4. American College, 1916	27	(9)
5. Ambulance Service	36	(12)
II. WAR IN BOHEMIA	48	(33)
1. The Long Furlough	48	(4)
2. The Greenwich Village Idea	52	(14)
3. The League of Youth	66	(8)
4. The French Line Pier, 1921	74	(7)
III. TRAVELLER'S CHEQUE	81	(28)
1. Valuta	81	(3)
2. Historical Parallel	84	(9)
3. Transatlantic Review	93	(4)
4. Form and Matter	97	(6)
5. Rumors of Home	103	(6)
IV. PARIS PILGRIMAGES	109	(29)
1. Examination Paper	109	(1)
2. Readings from the Lives of the Saints	110	(22)
3. Paris-Express	132	(6)
V. THE DEATH OF DADA	138	(33)
1. A Brief History of Dada	138	(1)
2. Discourse over a Grave	148	(9)
3. Case Record	157	(7)
4. Significant Gesture	164	(7)
VI. THE CITY OF ANGER	171	(35)
1. The French Line Pier, 1923	171	(15)
2. Women Have One Breast	186	(11)
3. Manhattan Melody	197	(9)
VII. THE AGE OF ISLANDS	206	(40)
1. Connecticut Valley	206	(8)
2. Charlestown Prison	214	(7)
3. The Roaring Boy	221	(14)
4. No Escape	235	(11)
VIII. ECHOES OF A SUICIDE	246	(43)
1. Letter Left on a Dressing Table	246	(7)
2. City of the Sun	253	(19)
3. The Revolution of the Word	272	(10)
4. To Die at the Right Time	282	(7)
EPILOGUE: NEW YEAR'S EVE	289	(22)
APPENDIX: YEARS OF BIRTH	311	(8)
EDITORIAL APPENDICES	319	(30)
Appendix A: Epilogue to the 1934 Edition of Exile's Return	319	(14)
Appendix B: A Selective Chronology of Publications and Events Surrounding Exile's Return	333	(12)
Appendix C: "A Tabular History of the Literary Life, 1924-1949"	345	(4)
PERSONS AND BOOKS: A BRIEF INDEX	349