{"product_id":"truman-capote-a-literary-life-at-the-movies-paperback","title":"Truman Capote: A Literary Life at the Movies - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTison Pugh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTruman Capote once remarked, \"My primary thing is that I'm a prose writer. I don't think film is the greatest living thing\"; nonetheless, his legacy is in many ways defined by his complex relationship with cinema, Hollywood, and celebrity itself. In \u003ci\u003eTruman Capote: A Literary Life at the Movies\u003c\/i\u003e, Tison Pugh explores the author and his literature through a cinematic lens, skillfully weaving the most relevant elements of Capote's biography-- including his highly flamboyant public persona and his friendships and feuds with notable stars--with insightful critical analysis of the films, screenplays, and adaptations of his works that composed his fraught relationship with the Hollywood machine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCapote's masterful short stories and novels ensure his status as an iconic author of the twentieth century, and his screenplays, including \u003ci\u003eBeat the Devil\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIndiscretion of an American Wife\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Innocents\u003c\/i\u003e, allowed him to collaborate with such Hollywood heavyweights as Humphrey Bogart, John Huston, and David O. Selznick. Throughout his professional life he circulated freely in a celebrity milieu populated by such notables as Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor, and Marilyn Monroe. Cinematic adaptations of his literature, most notably \u003ci\u003eBreakfast at Tiffany's\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn Cold Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, play with or otherwise alter Capote's queer literary themes, often bleaching his daring treatment of homosexuality in favor of heterosexual romance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTruman Capote: A Literary Life at the Movies\u003c\/i\u003e reveals Capote's literary works to be not merely coincident to film but integral to their mutual creation, paying keen attention to the ways in which Capote's identity as a gay southerner influenced his and others' perceptions of his literature and its adaptations. Pugh's research illuminates Capote's personal and professional successes and disappointments in the film industry, helping to create a more nuanced portrait of the author and bringing fresh details to light.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTISON PUGH is Pegasus Professor of English at the University of Central Florida. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eQueer Chivalry: Medievalism and the Myth of White Masculinity in Southern Literature\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePrecious Perversions: Humor, Homosexuality, and the Southern Literary Canon\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eTruman Capote: A Literary Life at the Movies \u003c\/i\u003e(Georgia).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757867761952,"sku":"9780820346694","price":59.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/83261df5f819e473be5bd70312db499c.webp?v=1780113574","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/truman-capote-a-literary-life-at-the-movies-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}