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At Play in the Fields of the Lord by Peter Matthiessen | |
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| Name: |
Peter Matthiessen | | Birth Date: |
May 22, 1927 | | Place of Birth: |
New York, New York, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
Writer, Editor |
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 Biography of Peter Matthiessen
7164 words, approx. 23.9 pages
 Peter Matthiessen is among a handful of American authors to be nominated for the National Book Award in both fiction and nonfiction--for the novel At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1965) and the travel books The Tree Where Man Was Born (1972) and The Sn... summary from source:
 Biography of Peter Matthiessen
5044 words, approx. 16.8 pages
Peter Matthiessen was born on May 22, 1927, in New York City to Elizabeth Carey and Erard Matthiessen. "I am a New Yorker by birth, not inclination; I have never remained there very long. "My formative years left me unformed; despite kind family, superio... summary from source:
Biography of Peter Matthiessen
4086 words, approx. 13.6 pages
While Peter Matthiessen's publications include several well-received novels, his reputation as a writer rests largely on his nonfiction nature books, which passionately yet scientifically document the often uneasy balance between human existence and the...
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 At Play in the Fields of the Lord Information
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 At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991) is a drama film directed by Hector Babenco adapted from the 1965 novel of the same name by American author Peter Matthiessen. The screenplay was written by Babenco and Jean-Claude Carrière. It stars Tom...
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03/20/1992: 133 words, approx. 1 pages At Play in the Fields of the Lord MCA/Universal. Prebook April 21; Street May 6. 'R,' 186 min., no suggested retail, CC. MCA/Universal will be supporting this Saul Zaentz film with a poster, catalog sheets and co-op advertising. Zaentz won...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Eliot Fremont-smith
336 words, approx. 1 pages
["At Play in the Fields of the Lord"] has nearly everything—a powerful plot, a rich variety of characters, a perceptive, deeply felt view of man's yearnings and his essential ironic tragedy, and a prose style that is vivid, sensuous and disciplined by intelligence. What it lacks—and, I'm afraid, prevents it not only from being a great novel but also from being even a particularly good one, is a sense, or quality, of necessity. By this I mean, the book does not compe...
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At Play in the Fields of the Lord by Peter Matthiessen | |
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About 87 pages (26,008 words) in 8 products |
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