Some American Storytellers by Frederic Taber Cooper audiobook.

Genre: history

In Some American Storytellers, editor and critic Frederic Taber Cooper offers a guided tour of American fiction at the turn of the twentieth century, introducing listeners to a vivid lineup of popular writers and the distinct narrative gifts that made them household names. Part literary portrait, part close reading, these essays trace how each author wins attention and trust - through voice, character, atmosphere, humor, suspense, and the careful shaping of plot. Cooper moves from the polished cosmopolitan worlds of Edith Wharton to the frontier mythmaking of Owen Wister, from O. Henry's swift twists of irony to Ambrose Bierce's sharp-edged wit, and onward through figures such as Francis Marion Crawford, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Winston Churchill, Robert W. Chambers, Ellen Glasgow, David Graham Phillips, Robert Herrick, Booth Tarkington, Gertrude Atherton, and Frank Norris. As he compares styles and ambitions, Cooper keeps returning to a central question: what makes a writer a true storyteller, kin to the oldest traditions of spoken tale and fireside legend, yet unmistakably American in rhythm and sensibility. The result is an accessible, opinionated, and often illuminating snapshot of a formative literary moment.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:03:33) Chapter 01

(00:38:06) Chapter 02

(01:06:05) Chapter 03

(01:32:46) Chapter 04

(02:01:48) Chapter 05

(02:30:44) Chapter 06

(03:08:08) Chapter 07

(03:46:35) Chapter 08

(04:24:43) Chapter 09

(05:03:35) Chapter 10

(05:30:48) Chapter 11

(05:56:44) Chapter 12

(06:37:08) Chapter 13

(07:18:20) Chapter 14

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