William StyronBibliography

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published at: 2008

Synopsis: Havanas in Camelot (2008) was collection of essays by William Styron published posthumously. In his later years, especially after success of Darkness Visible, Styron frequently wrote introspective essays and memoirs. In this book, 14 of such essays are brought together. It is great blend of his literary talent and reveals reflective and humorous side of his writing which was not always visible in his... read more

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published at: 1993

Synopsis: A Tidewater Morning (1993) is a book by William Styron. The stories were originally published by Esquire magazine in 70's and 80's. The collection of stories shares a narrator, Paul Whitehurst, and is semi-autobiographical as he states in preface that the narrator "reflect the experiences of the author". Includes: Love day - About a young Marine thinking about ecnomic benefits brought to South while... read more

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published at: 1993

Synopsis: Inheritane of Night (1993) is a book by William Styron. It is an early drafts of his first novel Lie Down in Darkness. According to book description, "From 1947 to 1949, William Styron twice attempted to write a novel under the working title "Inheritance of Night," On the third attempt he produced the award-winning "Lie Down in Darkness". The book, unsurprisingly, gives a great insight into what Styron... read more

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published at: 1990

Synopsis: Darkness Visible : A Memoir of Madness (1989) is a autobiographical book by William Styron about his bouts with depression and recovery from it. It stems from symposium that he was part of at John Hopkin University Department Psychiatry. ... read more

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published at: 1985

Synopsis: This is a selection of interviews with William Styron published during the period 1951-1984, from the months just following publication of "Lie Down in Darkness," his first novel, to the period after publication of "Sophie's Choice," Some twenty-five interviews are reprinted here, including six that are translated from the French and published in this country for the first time. Styron is one of the... read more

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published at: 1985

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published at: 1982

Synopsis: This Quiet Dust is a collection of writing by William Styron. Originally published in 1983, it was expanded in 1993. It contains essay on various topics such asAmerican history, slavery, the Holocaust, prisons, the military, and American authorsIncludes:South:, This quiet dustA Southern conscienceSlave and citizen In the Southern campThe oldest AmericaThe habitForebears:, "O lost!" etc.An elegy for... read more

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published at: 1979

Synopsis: Sophie's Choice is a 1979 novel by William Styron. It won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1980. It is a story of an aspiring Southern writer, who befriends the Jewish Nathan Landau and his beautiful lover Sophie, a Polish (but non-Jewish) survivor of the Nazi concentration camps. It was made into a successful movie of the same name. Book was on #96 on of Modern Library's 100 Best Novels.... read more

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published at: 1973

Synopsis: In the Clap Shack is a 1973 play by William Styron.... read more

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published at: 1967

Synopsis: The Confessions of Nat Turner (1967) is a novel based on actual events by National Book Award for Fiction winner William Styron. The book won the the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1968. The book is about a 1831 slave rebellion in Virginia from the perspective of its leader, Nat Turner. The basis of it is trasncript told by Nat Turner to a white Southern lawyer named Thomas R. Gray. The book was successful... read more

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published at: 1960

Synopsis: Set This House on Fire (1960) is National Book Award for Fiction winner William Styron's second novel. The story is about two Americans, Leverett and Cass, living in Italy. It concerns a murder that becomes a redemptive act for a painter. It is one of the writer's most ambitious and complex works; however, it reveiced mixed reception. It is sometimes faulted as collapsing under the weight of its allusions... read more

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published at: 1956

Synopsis: Long March was a 1956 novel (Serial in 1952) by National Book Award for Fiction winner William Styron. The novel is an anti-militaristic and anti-government. The book is based on Styron's experience; being called to active service in the Marine Coprs during the Korean War and being forced to make a 36 mile match in North Carolina to show the brutality and hypocrisy in the leaders of the country.... read more

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published at: 1951

Synopsis: Lie Down in Darkness is a debut novel by National Book Award for Fiction winner Willian Styron. The story is about Peyton Loftis and her family. In spite of all efford, the family is falls apart from what Peyton perceives as opressive and detachment, which ultimately leads to her suicide. The book has clear influences by William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, which also makes use of interior monologue... read more