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William Styron | | Birth Date: |
January 11, 1925 | | Place of Birth: |
Newport News, Virginia, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
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writer |
summary from source:
 Biography of William Styron
1082 words, approx. 3.6 pages
 William Styron (born 1925) was a Southern writer of novels and articles. His major works were Lie Down in Darkness,The Long March, The Confessions of Nat Turner, and Sophie's Choice. His major theme was the response of basically decent people to such cru... summary from source:
 Biography of William Styron
10165 words, approx. 33.9 pages
 The critics received Lie Down in Darkness (1951) as an auspicious first novel, perhaps the best to appear since World War II. Its style, if reminiscent of Faulkner, was distinctly the author's own; its psychological insights, accurate; and its moral visi... summary from source:
Biography of William Styron
10139 words, approx. 33.8 pages
The critics received Lie Down in Darkness (1951) as an auspicious first novel, perhaps the best to appear since World War II. If reminiscent of Faulkner, its style was distinctly the author's own; its psychological insights, accurate; and its moral visio...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Lie Down in Darkness Information
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<p>Lie Down In Darkness may refer to: </p> <ul><li><i>Lie Down in Darkness</i>, a 1951 novel by William Styron </li><li>"Lie Down In Darkness", a song by a-ha from their 1993 album <i>Memorial Beach...
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 greatreporter.com Styron, William Clark, Jr.
12/31/2006: 333 words, approx. 1 pagesAmerican novelist (b. June 11, 1925, Newport News, Va. —d. Nov. 1, 2006, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts ), was noted for his treatment of tragic themes and his use of a rich, classical prose style. Styron served in the U.S. Marine Corps before graduating (1947) from...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Richard Pearce
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[The] feeling of war as the condition of life pervades all of Styron's works: in Lie Down in Darkness, Peyton Loftis commits suicide on the day the bomb is dropped on Nagasaki; in Set This House on Fire Cass Kinsolving traces the beginning of his self-destructive striving to his experiences in World War II, which drove him to the psychiatric ward. And even The Confessions of Nat Turner, although set a full century earlier, is informed by the spirit of the battlefield. Besides being inescapable, war i...
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