Hamlin Garland

Victor Ollnee's Discipline (eBook, ePUB)

A Tale of Personal Growth and Resilience in Realist Literature

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In "Victor Ollnee's Discipline," Hamlin Garland navigates the challenging terrain of individual aspiration and societal expectations in late 19th-century America. Through the lens of Victor Ollnee, a young man grappling with his artistic ambitions amidst rigid conventions, Garland employs a realist narrative style characterized by vivid descriptions and poignant psychological insights. The novel is rich in its exploration of the American Midwest and the complexities of ambition, suffering, and the pursuit of authenticity, encapsulating the tensions between personal desires and communal judgment. Hamlin Garland, an influential writer deeply rooted in the culture of the Midwest, drew upon his own experiences as a young man seeking artistic expression in a constraining environment. His earlier works often highlighted the struggles of rural American life, infused with themes of realism and naturalism. This intimate understanding of the American landscape and its people informs the emotional depth of Ollnee's journey, as Garland strives to illuminate the often unrecognized struggles of artists and the price of creative discipline. Readers of "Victor Ollnee's Discipline" will find a compelling exploration of the creative spirit, and the price one pays for devotion to one's art. Garland'Äôs nuanced portrayal invites reflection on the nature of ambition, making this novel an essential read for those interested in the intersection of art, society, and identity in American literature.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Good Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 4064066189709
• Artikelnr.: 58596690

Autorenporträt

Hannibal Hamlin Garland was an American novelist, poet, essayist, short story author, Georgist, and psychical researcher. He is best known for his fiction about hardworking Midwestern farmers. Hannibal Hamlin Garland was born on a farm near West Salem, Wisconsin, on September 14, 1860, as the second of four children of Richard Garland of Maine and Charlotte Isabelle McClintock. The boy was named after Abraham Lincoln's vice president, Hannibal Hamlin. He grew up on numerous Midwestern farms before relocating to Boston, Massachusetts, in 1884 to pursue a writing career. He read diligently at the Boston Public Library. There he grew infatuated with Henry George's views and the Single Tax Movement. George's beliefs influenced several of his writings, including Main-Travelled Roads (1891), Prairie Folks (1892), and his novel Jason Edwards (1892). Main-Travelled Roads was his first big hit. It was a compilation of short stories inspired by his time on the farm. He serialized a biography of Ulysses S. Grant in McClure's Magazine before turning it into a book in 1898. The same year, Garland visited the Yukon to observe the Klondike Gold Rush, which inspired The Trail of the Gold Seekers (1899).