{"product_id":"code-name-puritan-norman-holmes-pearson-at-the-nexus-of-poetry-espionage-and-american-power-hardcover","title":"Code Name Puritan: Norman Holmes Pearson at the Nexus of Poetry, Espionage, and American Power - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGreg Barnhisel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn insightful biography of an unassuming literary scholar--and spy--who transformed postwar American culture.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Although his impact on twentieth-century American cultural life was profound, few people know the story of Norman Holmes Pearson. Pearson's life embodied the Cold War alliances among US artists, scholars, and the national-security state that coalesced after World War II. As a Yale professor and editor, he helped legitimize the study of American culture and shaped the public's understanding of literary modernism--significantly, the work of women poets such as Hilda Doolittle and Gertrude Stein. At the same time, as a spy, recruiter, and cultural diplomat, he connected the academy, the State Department, and even the CIA. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eCode Name Puritan\u003c\/i\u003e, Greg Barnhisel maps Pearson's life, from his childhood injury that led to a visible, permanent disability to his wartime counterespionage work neutralizing the Nazis' spy network to his powerful role in the cultural and political heyday sometimes called the American Century. Written with clarity and informed by meticulous research, Barnhisel's revelatory portrait of Pearson details how his unique experiences shaped his beliefs about the American character, from the Puritans onward. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGreg Barnhisel\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of English at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eCold War Modernists: Art, Literature, and American Cultural Diplomacy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJames Laughlin, New Directions, and the Remaking of Ezra Pound\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Bloomsbury Handbook to Cold War Literary Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePressing the Fight: Print, Propaganda, and the Cold War\u003c\/i\u003e, and the scholarly journal \u003ci\u003eBook History\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 392\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.1 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 09, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42695346192447,"sku":"9780226647203","price":32.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/7be6734ded0b93c8f3c3ee06ab720f79.webp?v=1765003493","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/code-name-puritan-norman-holmes-pearson-at-the-nexus-of-poetry-espionage-and-american-power-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}