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Cheap Rooms and Restless Hearts: A Study of Formula in the Urban Tales of William Sydney Porter Karen Charmaine Blansfield New edition
Cheap Rooms and Restless Hearts: A Study of Formula in the Urban Tales of William Sydney Porter
Karen Charmaine Blansfield
This book looks at the character types and plot patterns found in the urban stories of William Potter (known as O. Henry), analyzing how these elements structure his tales and contribute to his popular formulas. Karen Charmaine Blansfield considers how the turbulent conditions of New York at the turn of the century helped to launch his career.
154 pages, 6 b/w figures
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | June 30, 1988 |
| ISBN13 | 9780879724214 |
| Publishers | The Popular Press |
| Pages | 154 |
| Dimensions | 169 × 230 × 9 mm · 333 g |