David Madden (novelist)
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David Madden is an American novel
ist, poet
, author of literary criticism
, and playwright
.
Born in 1933 in Knoxville, Tennessee
, Madden is a graduate of the University of Tennessee
. Since the 1970s he has been a professor at Louisiana State University
where he has served as writer in residence
and director of the creative writing
program. He is also the founder of the university's U.S. Civil War Center.
Madden's novels include The Beautiful Greed (1961), Cassandra Singing (1969), Bijou (1974), The Suicide's Wife (1978), Pleasure Dome (1979), On the Big Wind (1980) and Sharpshooter: A Novel of the Civil War (1996) as well as the short story collections The Shadow Knows (1970) and The New Orleans of Possibilities (1982).
Madden has compiled and edited numerous collections of stories and is the author of academic volumes on James M. Cain
, James Agee
, and Carson McCullers
. He is also the subject of the academic volume David Madden: A Writer for All Genres by Randy J. Hendricks and James A. Perkins (2006).
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
ist, poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, author of literary criticism
Literary criticism
Literary criticism is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often informed by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of its methods and goals...
, and playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
.
Born in 1933 in Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...
, Madden is a graduate of the University of Tennessee
University of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...
. Since the 1970s he has been a professor at Louisiana State University
Louisiana State University
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, most often referred to as Louisiana State University, or LSU, is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The University was founded in 1853 in what is now known as Pineville, Louisiana, under the name...
where he has served as writer in residence
Artist in residence
Artist-in-residence programs and other residency opportunities allow visiting artists to stay and work so that they may apply singular focus to their art practice....
and director of the creative writing
Creative writing
Creative writing is considered to be any writing, fiction, poetry, or non-fiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, and technical forms of literature. Works which fall into this category include novels, epics, short stories, and poems...
program. He is also the founder of the university's U.S. Civil War Center.
Madden's novels include The Beautiful Greed (1961), Cassandra Singing (1969), Bijou (1974), The Suicide's Wife (1978), Pleasure Dome (1979), On the Big Wind (1980) and Sharpshooter: A Novel of the Civil War (1996) as well as the short story collections The Shadow Knows (1970) and The New Orleans of Possibilities (1982).
Madden has compiled and edited numerous collections of stories and is the author of academic volumes on James M. Cain
James M. Cain
James Mallahan Cain was an American author and journalist. Although Cain himself vehemently opposed labeling, he is usually associated with the hardboiled school of American crime fiction and seen as one of the creators of the roman noir...
, James Agee
James Agee
James Rufus Agee was an American author, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic. In the 1940s, he was one of the most influential film critics in the U.S...
, and Carson McCullers
Carson McCullers
Carson McCullers was an American writer. She wrote novels, short stories, and two plays, as well as essays and some poetry. Her first novel The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter explores the spiritual isolation of misfits and outcasts of the South...
. He is also the subject of the academic volume David Madden: A Writer for All Genres by Randy J. Hendricks and James A. Perkins (2006).