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...Richmond, Va., in 1879 ne still does most of his writing there. The biographer of Manuel does not concern himself with ordinary life or contemporary affairs, feels that "Art is a criticism of life only in the sense that prison breaking is a criticism of the penitentiary." Mildly claustropho-biac. his desk faces a doorway; he cannot write unless he can look up and see an exit. His writing provides him a mental exit. These Restless Heads, concerned with Poictesme only in introspect, is his first book written over the decapitated signature Branch Cabell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Little Fellows' Big Man | 2/15/1932 | See Source »

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