Barbara Burkhardt is an associate professor of English and a University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Springfield. A close acquaintance of William Maxwell, she organized his correspondence for the Maxwell archives at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Acknowledgments ix Credits xiii Meeting Maxwell 1 Introduction 7 1. Childhood: A Lifetime of Material, 1908-33 19 2. First Fiction: Bright Center of Heaven, 1933-34 48 3. Breakout Novel: They Came Like Swallows, 1934-38 61 4. Mature Novelist 1: The Folded Leaf, 1938-45 79 5. Mature Novelist 2: Time Will Darken It, 1945-48 135 6. Turning Point: The New Yorker and The Chateau, 1948-61 171 7. The Novelist as Historian: Ancestors, 1961-71 205 8. Maxwell's New York, 1974-76 219 9. The Masterwork: So Long, See You Tomorrow, 1972-80 229 10. Summing Up: Late Short Works, 1980-92 257 Conclusion: Stand, Accepting 270 Notes 275 Index 297 Illustrations follow page 170
Acknowledgments ix Credits xiii Meeting Maxwell 1 Introduction 7 1. Childhood: A Lifetime of Material, 1908-33 19 2. First Fiction: Bright Center of Heaven, 1933-34 48 3. Breakout Novel: They Came Like Swallows, 1934-38 61 4. Mature Novelist 1: The Folded Leaf, 1938-45 79 5. Mature Novelist 2: Time Will Darken It, 1945-48 135 6. Turning Point: The New Yorker and The Chateau, 1948-61 171 7. The Novelist as Historian: Ancestors, 1961-71 205 8. Maxwell's New York, 1974-76 219 9. The Masterwork: So Long, See You Tomorrow, 1972-80 229 10. Summing Up: Late Short Works, 1980-92 257 Conclusion: Stand, Accepting 270 Notes 275 Index 297 Illustrations follow page 170
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