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| Author | William Kennedy |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Tragedy[1] |
| Publisher | Viking Press, NY |
Publication date | 1983 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 227 pp |
| ISBN | 0-670-40176-5 |
| OCLC | 8709244 |
| 813/.54 19 | |
| LC Class | PS3561.E428 I7 1983 |
| Preceded by | Billy Phelan's Greatest Game |
| Followed by | Quinn's Book |
Ironweed is a 1983 novel by American author William Kennedy.[2] Ironweed received the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction[3] and is the third book in Kennedy's Albany Cycle.[4] It is included in the Western Canon of the critic Harold Bloom.[5] The novel was adapted into a 1987 film of the same name.
- ^ Beacham, Walton (1986). Beacham's Popular Fiction. Beacham Pub./Research Pub. p. 723. ISBN 9780933833104.
- ^ Jordison, Sam (April 3, 2018). "Reading group: Ironweed by William Kennedy is our underappreciated book for April". The Guardian.
- ^ Jordison, Sam (April 10, 2018). "From a fortune cookie to a Pulitzer: the story behind William Kennedy's Ironweed". The Guardian.
- ^ "William Kennedy | NYS Writers Institute". NYSWritersInstitute.
- ^ Teeter, Robert. "Bloom. Western Canon". www.interleaves.org.