| David Markson |
Article Index for David |
Website Links For David |
Information AboutDavid Markson |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT DAVID MARKSON | |
| 1927 births | |
| living people | |
| union college, new york alumni | |
| people from albany, new york | |
|
David Markson is an . He is the author of several Postmodern Novels , including '' This Is Not A Novel '', '' Springer's Progress '', and '' Wittgenstein's Mistress ''. His most recent work, '' The Last Novel '', was published in 2007 and received a positive review in the New York Times , which called it "a real tour de force." Markson's work is characterized by an unconventional approach to narration and plot. While his early works may draw on the Modernist Tradition of William Faulkner and Malcolm Lowry , Markson says his later novels are "literally crammed with literary and artistic anecdotes" and "nonlinear, discontinuous, collage-like, an assemblage."1 , publishers Shoemaker & Hoard republished two of Markson's early crime novels Epitaph For A Tramp and Epitaph For A Dead Beat in one volume.2 In addition to his novels, he has published a book of poetryhttp://niagarafallsreporter.com/markson2.html and a critical study of Malcolm Lowry .3 The movie '' Dirty Dingus Magee '', starring Frank Sinatra , is based on Markson's novel ''The Ballad of Dingus Magee''.4 Educated at Union College and Columbia University , Markson began his writing career as a journalist and book editor, periodically taking up work as a college professor at Columbia University , Long Island University , and The New School . Markson currently lives in New York City 's West Village .http://niagarafallsreporter.com/markson2.html EXTERNAL LINKS
REFERENCES |
|
|