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Robert Penn Warren has 249 books on Goodreads with 180427 ratings. Robert Penn Warren’s most popular book is All the King's Men.
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Warren's best-known work is All the King's Men, a novel that won the Pulitzer Prize in 1947. Main character Willie Stark resembles Huey Pierce Long (1893–1935), the radical populist governor of Louisiana whom Warren was able to observe closely while teaching at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge from 1933 to 1942.
For a complete bibliography thru 1979 you are directed to Robert Penn Warren: A DescriptiveBibliography 1922-1979 by James A. Grimshaw (1981) University Press of Virginia. We look forward to the forthcoming bibliography by Mr. Grimshaw, with Jonathan Eller, covering the later works of and about Warren. NOVELS.
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Robert Penn Warren was an American poet, novelist, and literary critic, and was one of the founders of New Criticism. He was also a charter member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. He is the only person to have won Pulitzer Prizes for both fiction and poetry.
All the King's Men is a 1946 novel by Robert Penn Warren. Its title is drawn from the nursery rhyme "Humpty Dumpty". The novel tells the story of charismatic populist governor Willie Stark and his political machinations in the Depression-era Deep South.
Sep 1, 1996 · by Robert Penn Warren (Author), Noel Polk (Author, Editor) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.4 2,885 ratings. See all formats and editions. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this classic book is generally regarded as the finest novel ever written on American politics.
Sep 1, 1996 · The classic, ever-relevant story of a backcountry lawyer whose idealism is overcome by his lust for power—American literature's definitive political novel. All the King's Men traces the rise of fall of demagogue Willie Stark, a fictional Southern policitian who resembles the real-life Huey Long of Louisiana.
A distinguished poet, novelist, critic, and teacher, Robert Penn Warren won virtually every major award given to writers in the United States and was the only person to receive a Pulitzer Prize in both fiction (once) and poetry (twice).