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Robert Coates (critic)
Robert Myron Coates (April 6, 1897 – February 8, 1973) was an American novelist, short story writer and art critic. He published five novels; one classic historical work, '' The Outlaw Years'' (1930) which deals with the history of the land pirates of the Natchez Trace; a book of memoirs, ''The View from Here'' (1960), and two travel books, ''Beyond the Alps'' (1962) and '' South of Rome'' (1965). During his unusually varied career, Coates explored many different genres and styles of writing and produced three highly remarkable experimental novels, '' The Eater of Darkness'' (1926), '' Yesterday’s Burdens'' (1933) and '' The Bitter Season'' (1946). Highly original and experimental, these novels draw upon expressionism, Dadaism and surrealism. His last two novels—''Wisteria Cottage'' (1948) and ''The Farther Shore'' (1955)—are examples of crime fiction. Simultaneously to working as a novelist, Coates maintained a life-long career at the ''New Yorker'', whose staff he joined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut and is part of the New York City metropolitan area. With a population of 134,023 as determined by the 2020 U.S. census, New Haven is the third largest city in Connecticut after Bridgeport and Stamford and the principal municipality of Greater New Haven, which had a total 2020 population of 864,835. New Haven was one of the first planned cities in the U.S. A year after its founding by English Puritans in 1638, eight streets were laid out in a four-by-four grid, creating the "Nine Square Plan". The central common block is the New Haven Green, a square at the center of Downtown New Haven. The Green is now a National Historic Landmark, and the "Nine Square Plan" is recognized by the American Planning Association as a National Planning Landmark. New Haven is the home of Yale University, New Haven's biggest taxpayer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
