White Oxen, and Other Stories
| Year of Publication |
1924
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| Publication Type |
Short Stories
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| Number of Pages or Episodes |
297 p.
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| Language |
English
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| Contributors |
Author:
Kenneth Burke |
| Publisher |
Albert & Charles Boni
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| City |
New York
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| Abstract |
Fifteen short stories about life in Pittsburgh’s East End. The title story involves a protagonist who regularly feeds the white oxen at the Pittsburgh Zoo.
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| Author Biography |
Kenneth Burke (1897-1993), born in Pittsburgh, graduated from Pittsburgh's Peabody High School before attending Ohio State and Columbia Universities. Burke was a leading literary theorist, critic, and translator. At Peabody, he developed a friendship with Malcolm Cowley, best remembered as an important novelist, poet, and literary critic. He died at his home in Andover, New Jersey.
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| Time |
1910s-20s
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