"A game played against time": life in Bourbonville
Article Abstract:
Novelist and historian Richard Marius has understood the differencing demands of nonfictional and fictional writings. He has paid careful attention to details of his novel for creating a realistic fictional world of Bourbonville, which is based on Lenoir City, Tennessee, the town where he grew up.
Publication Name: Southern Quarterly
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0038-4496
Year: 2003
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Marius the cyclist-and teacher, and friend
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The passionate writer, biographer, and theorist Richard Marius was primarily a teacher and apart from that he was a good cyclist and a humble friend. The various incidents related to his love for cycling and his love for others are mentioned.
Publication Name: Southern Quarterly
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0038-4496
Year: 2003
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Neither saint nor sinner: an analysis of Richard Marius as biographer of Thomas More
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Richard Marius's 'Thomas More' is one of the most ambitious, groundbreaking works of modern biography. His work as biographer of Thomas More, who was proclaimed as patron saint of statesman and politicians in 2000, is analyzed.
Publication Name: Southern Quarterly
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0038-4496
Year: 2003
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