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Branch, Edgar Marquess was born on March 21, 1913 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Raymond Sydney and Marian (Marquess) Branch.
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The Depression that follows the 1929 stock market crash is emptying Paris of many American expatriates. Two exceptions are Dorothy and James T. Farrell, the naïve young couple who have fled their home in Chicago for the fabled liberation that Paris seems to offer. In this telling account drawn from interviews, diaries, and letters home, Edgar Marquess Branch presents a composite view of the life of a young author yet to complete his masterpiece, Studs Lonigan. Set among the expatriate artists who defined their time, this human drama plays itself out in one short year in which the foreign and familiar are entwined. Featuring such characters as Ezra Pound and Kay Boyle, A Paris Year traces the heartbreak and triumphs that the newlyweds experience as the young Farrell seeks his fame and fortune. Their Paris sojourn influenced the rest of their lives and left an imprint on American literature.
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( James T. Farrell - American Writers 29 was first publis...)
James T. Farrell - American Writers 29 was first published in 1963. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.
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Presents a portrait of the South Side Chicago locale Studs Lonigan, Danny O'Neill, and their creator, novelist James T Farrell.
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Branch, Edgar Marquess was born on March 21, 1913 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Raymond Sydney and Marian (Marquess) Branch.
Bachelor, Beloit College, 1934. Master of Arts, University Chicago, 1938. Doctor of Philosophy, University Iowa, 1941.
Instructor in English, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio., 1941-1943;
assistant to associate professor of English, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio., 1943-1957;
visiting associate professor, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1950;
Professor of English, Miami University, 1957-1964;
chairman English department, Miami University, 1959-1964;
research Professor of English, Miami University, 1964-1978;
associate in American literature, Miami University, since 1978. Literature executor James T. Farrell estate, since 1977. Consultant Mark Twain Home Foundation, Hannibal, Missouri, since 1992.
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(Presents a portrait of the South Side Chicago locale Stud...)
( The Depression that follows the 1929 stock market crash...)
( The Depression that follows the 1929 stock market crash...)
( James T. Farrell - American Writers 29 was first publis...)
Member Modern Language Association, American Literature Association, Mark Twain Circle, James T. Farrell Society (president since 1987), Society for Study of Midwestern Literature, Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Theta Pi.
Married Mary Josephine Emerson, April 29, 1939. Children: Sydney Elizabeth, Robert Marquess, Marian Emerson.