James L.W. West





James L.W. West

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James L. W. West III, a native of Virginia, is Sparks Professor of English at Pennsylvania State University. West is a book historian, scholarly editor, and biographer. He has written books on F. Scott Fitzgerald and on the history of professional authorship in America and has held fellowships from the J. S. Guggenheim Foundation, the National Humanities Center, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. West has had Fulbright appointments in England (at Cambridge University) and in Belgium (at the Université de Liège). He is the general editor of The Cambridge Edition of the Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald and is at work on a volume of essays.


Average rating: 3.73 · 408 ratings · 58 reviews · 26 distinct works
The Perfect Hour: The Roman...
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William Styron, A Life
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Trimalchio: An Early Versio...
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Sister Carrie
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A Short Autobiography
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This Side of Paradise
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My Lost City: Personal Essa...
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Letters to My Father
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