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William Humphrey : Destroyer of Myths Texas Writers Series ; No. 6
author
:
Almon, Bert.
publisher
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University of North Texas Press
isbn10 | asin
:
157441044X
print isbn13
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9781574410440
ebook isbn13
:
9780585234359
language
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English
subject
Humphrey, William--Criticism and interpretation, Texas--In literature.
publication date
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1998
lcc
:
PS3558.U464Z513 1998eb
ddc
:
813/.54
subject
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Humphrey, William--Criticism and interpretation, Texas--In literature.
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William Humphrey: Destroyer of Myths
Texas Writers Series
by Bert Almon
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1998 Bert Almon
All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America.
First Edition 1998
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Requests for permission to reproduce materials from this book should be directed to:
Permissions University of North Texas Press PO Box 311336 Denton TX 76203-1336 940-565-2142
The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, z39.48.1984. Binding materials have been chosen for durability.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Almon, Bert, 1943 William Humphrey : destroyer of myths / Bert Almon. p. cm. (Texas writers series ; no. 6) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-57441-044-X (alk. paper) 1. Humphrey, WilliamCriticism and interpretation. 2. TexasIn literature. I. Title. II. Series. PS3558.U464Z513 1998 813'.54dc21 97-39058 CIP
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for Olga, and to the memory of my parents, Lynn B. and Theola Almon
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Table of Contents
Preface
ix
1 An Unhappy Guest at the Barbecue: William Humphrey and "Texas Literature"
1
2 Origins of a Style
37
3 The Myth of the Hunter: Home from the Hill
75
4 Humphrey's Quixote: Parody in The Ordways
129
5 Remember the Red River Valley: A Time and a Place
183
6 Humphrey's Oresteia: Proud Flesh
218
7 Humphrey's "Intimations Ode": Farther Off from Heaven
264
8 Humphrey's Oedipus: Hostages to Fortune
297
9 This Sporting Life: Open Season
340
10 History of the Defeated: No Resting Place
375
11 Time's Laughingstocks: September Song
411
12 The Highest Sort of Courage
433
Works Cited
439
Index
450
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Preface
William Humphrey set out from Texas in 1944 to achieve greatness. He was so intent on becoming a writer that he had no interest in publicity. As a result, little is known about Humphrey, who told his agent once that he didn't want a certain New York journalist even to know the color of his eyes. While I have focused on his writing, I have also attempted to illuminate his ambitions, which means understanding where he came from, what he wanted to achieve, how he learned about craft, and how he conducted his career. I rely heavily on his archives and letters to explore these matters and this study greatly increases the available facts about the man. As an overall approach I have used his own claim that his work tries to destroy certain myths, but I have tried not to be reductive. While he attacked myths and ideologies throughout his career, there is variety in his workwhich includes superb sports writing and a memoirand he often refitted his workshop. We can see a tragic element in his career: he found his sales and reputation declining book by book for all his attempts to renew his work, and he became an embittered man.
Many people have helped me with this project. I owe the most gratitude to the late William Humphrey,
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who answered my questions during his final illness and gave me permission to quote from his unpublished work. He wrote to individual libraries on my behalf, giving me permission to have his letters and journals copied.
I have silently corrected typographical errors when quoting unpublished materials. The notebooks were the workshop of a dedicated novelist: they are frank and lively records of his mind rather than polished compositions and there is no point in preserving his slips of the pen. Whenever possible I have cited dates of journal entries, but entries were dated only intermittently. He often kept several notebooks going on the same project, which makes dating particularly complicated.
In my efforts to understand William Humphrey I have benefitted a great deal from libraries and librarians. The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas holds most of William Humphrey's papers and I am grateful for the hospitality that a visiting scholar always receives there. Cathy Henderson, the head librarian, answered queries by mail and assured me that her staff would give me every assistance. My work in Austin was facilitated by Barbara Laborde-Smith, who made the complexities of this great repository clear; by Pat Fox, whose patience in managing the flow of documents
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