{"product_id":"horton-foote-a-literary-biography-9780292719354","title":"Horton Foote: A Literary Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for \u003ci\u003eThe Young Man from Atlanta\u003c\/i\u003e and Academy Awards for the screen adaptation of \u003ci\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird\u003c\/i\u003e and the original screenplay \u003ci\u003eTender Mercies, \u003c\/i\u003e as well as the recipient of an Academy Award nomination for the screenplay of \u003ci\u003eThe Trip to Bountiful\u003c\/i\u003e and the William Inge Lifetime Achievement Award, Horton Foote is one of America's most respected writers for stage and screen. The deep compassion he shows for his characters, the moral vision that infuses his social commentary, and the kindness and humanity that Foote himself radiates have also made him one of our most revered artists--the father-figure who understands our longings for home, for human connections, and for certainty in a world largely bereft of these.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis literary biography thoroughly investigates how Horton Foote's life and worldview have shaped his works for stage, television, and film. Tracing the whole trajectory of Foote's career from his small-town Texas upbringing to the present day, Charles Watson demonstrates that Foote has created a fully imagined mythical world from the materials supplied by his own and his family's and friends' lives in Wharton, Texas, in the early twentieth century. Devoting attention to each of Foote's major works in turn, he shows how this world took shape in Foote's writing for the New York stage, Golden Age television, Hollywood films, and in his nine-play masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eThe Orphan's Home Cycle. \u003c\/i\u003eThroughout, Watson's focus on Foote as a master playwright and his extensive use of the dramatist's unpublished correspondence make this literary biography required reading for all who admire the work of Horton Foote.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292719354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 287\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.65d","brand":"Charles S. Watson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42851410968757,"sku":"9780292719354","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_7b7f6de5-8e18-4612-920f-9eb2570bdd13.jpg?v=1682483751","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/horton-foote-a-literary-biography-9780292719354","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}