Robert Penn Warren's 1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "All the
King's Men" is one of the undisputed classics of American
literature. Fifty years after the novel's publication, Warren's
characters still stand as powerful representations of the moral
dilemmas faced by individuals in positions of power. "All the
King's Men" had its genesis in Warren's stage play "Proud Flesh,"
unpublished in his lifetime. He also wrote a subsequent unpublished
play titled "Willie Stark: His Rise and Fall" and a later dramatic
version of the novel that shared the title "All the King's Men."
This volume is the first to collect all three dramatic texts and
to publish "Proud Flesh and Willie Stark." "Proud Flesh" is
particularly fascinating for what it reveals about the development
of "All the King's Men" and Warren's changing perceptions of its
characters and themes. The other plays, as post-novel writings,
provide a forum for Warren to clarify his intentions in the novel.
The editors' introduction to this collection reviews the
composition history of the works and their relationship to the
novel and to each other.
The new perspectives on Warren's writing presented in "Robert
Penn Warren's "All the King's Men": Three Stage Versions" provide a
glimpse into a creative mind struggling with a compelling story and
offer readers another way of looking at this American classic. This
book is an essential reference in Warren studies that will give
students of "All the King's Men" another context from which to
consider Warren's novel.
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