H. R. Coursen |
Book Title: Last Summer
Author: H. R. Coursen
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It is 1950. 18 year-old Ted is about
to leave his affluent suburb for
college. He decides to spend his
last summer at home, hoping to link
up with Martha Voorhees, who lives
up the hill, but whom Ted scarcely
knows. The only onerous aspect of
the summer is the reading list the
college has imposed upon him – the
short stories of Henry James. His
next door neighbor, Nan Richardson,
is a former English teacher. Nan
offers to tutor Ted. She is 35,
married and childless. She and Ted
commence a torrid affair. Ted does
manage to develop a relationship
with Martha Voorhees in the
meantime. As Ted packs for college,
however, he receives bad news from
Selective Service. He has been
drafted and is soon off to Korea in
the Infantry. He is wounded and
returns home to find that things
have changed in ways he could not
have anticipated only a few months
before. Of course, in this coming of
age narrative, it is he who has
changed the most.
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~~~~ What critics have
said about Coursen’s novels:
“A great story!”
Howard Nemerov on After
the War.
“An extraordinary job of
catching what it was like
during World War Two for the
ballplayer.”
Robert W. Creamer on The
Outfielder.
“Libraries will want this
gracefully told allegory
which is suitable for both
young adult and adult
readers.”
Library Journal on The
Search for Archerland.
“Coursen’s book is Potter
and more!”
John N. Cole on Return to
Archerland.
“This book has beautifully
evocative language. A larger
consciousness works here,
and it delights in an
illumination of the world
beyond the pages.”
Jim Glenn Thatcher on Ask
for Me Tomorrow.
“A polished and urbane
novel. Coursen is masterly
at keeping the reader
focused on he brightest
balls he has tossed in the
air.”
Nancy Grape on The Lake.
“A stunning achievement!”
Robert Taylor on Moment
of Truth.
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Other books by H. R.
Coursen:
Storm in April
As Up They Grew
Hamlet’s Mousetrap
University of
Wisconsin Press
Lookout Point
Survivor
Inside the Piano Bench
Fears of the Night
Christian Ritual and
Shakespearean Tragedy
Associated University
Presses
Walking Away
Hope Farm
After the War
Heidelberg Graphics
Shaping the Self
The Leasing Out of
England
The Outfielder
Heidelberg Graphics
Winter Dreams
A Jungian Approach to
Shakespeare
War Stories
Shakespeare on
Television (with James
Bulman) University
Press of New England
Rewriting the Book
The Search for
Archerland E M Press
Rewinding the Reel
Shakespearean
Production as
Interpretation
Associated University
Presses
Watching Shakespeare
on Television
Associated University
Presses
Songs and Sonnets
Return to Archerland
Heidelberg Graphics
Five Minutes after
‘Mayday!’
Lament for the Players
Love Poem (Sort of)
Graves of the Poets
Recalling August
Reading Shakespeare on
Stage Associated
University Presses
New and Collected
Poems: 1966-1996 E M
Press
Poems from ‘The
Metamorphoses’ Au
Shakespeare: The Two
Traditions Ohio
University Press
The Golden Haze E N
Press
A Guide to ‘Macbeth’
Greenwood
The Green of Spring
Songs & Seasons
History Lessons
Mirrors
Shakespeare: The Two
Traditions Associated
University Presses
Snapshots
Teaching Shakespeare
with Film and
Television Greenwood
Penelope Au
The Thirteen Greatest
Love Songs Windsor
House
A Guide to ‘The
Tempest’ Greenwood
Mythos: Poems
1966-1999. Au
Ask For Me Tomorrow Ex
Libris
The Lake Ex Libris
Winter Music E M Press
Archerland: The
Changing of the Guard
Recent Shakespeare on
Screen Lang
The Greatest Game Ever
Played Au
The Second Set of
Prophecies First Books
Adventures in
Archerland First Books
From Away First Books
Another Thursday
Mathom
Escape from Amerika
Mathom
Euripides: Adaptations
of 14 Plays Mathom
Blues in the Day
Mathom
Last Summer Hutton
The Blind Prophet of
Archerland Goose River
An Old Song Mathom
Shakespeare on Screen:
Recent Derivatives
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