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Death of a rebel the Charlie Fenton story

Donaldson, Scott more...

Format: Hardback
Library Classification: Adult Non Fiction
BIC Subjects: Biography & autobiography: literary
Audience: General/trade
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Imprint: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Publication Date: 29/12/2011
Place of Publication: United States

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This book tells the story of Charles Andrews Fenton (1919-1961), a charismatic teacher, scholar, and writer who at the apparent apex of his career died by jumping from the top of the Washington Duke hotel in Durham, NC. Fenton led a fascinating life, challenging all authority, often taking risks, and inspiring many of his students at Yale and Duke. Fenton s story is a compelling one, yet it takes on further meaning when seen in the context of the times. His academic career coincided with the notoriously conformist 1950s, a time when individualism in American life was looked at askance, so that his very nature placed him constantly at odds with prevailing views. Yet it was that jaunty refusal to accept received wisdom that made him such an appealing figure to his students and many of his colleagues.

"Death of a Rebel provides an incredibly sharp and detailed picture of a very specific era -- 1945--1960 -- through the prism of Charlie Fenton's floundering and eventual flowering. Anyone who lived during that period will recognize the freshness of that picture." -- -- Skaggs, Calvin "Scott Donaldson's book on Charlie Fenton is fine indeed, incisive, well-written, compassionate, and also 'tough' where it deserves to be: Charlie himself took no prisoners, and I think he would have approved." -- -- Matthiessen, Peter

Title: Death of a rebel
Subtitle: the Charlie Fenton story
Contributors: By (author) Scott Donaldson

ISBN 13: 9781611474930
ISBN 10: 1611474930

Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Imprint: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Publication Date: 29/12/2011
Place of Publication: Cranbury, United States
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BIC Subjects: Biography & autobiography: literary
Dewey Classification: 810.9 (DC21)
NBS Classification: Biography: Literary

Format: Hardback
Height: 231mm
Width: 155mm
Thickness: 30mm
Weight: 635g