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Some Instructions to My Wife - (American Literature) 2nd Edition by Stanley Crawford (Paperback)

Some Instructions to My Wife - (American Literature) 2nd Edition by  Stanley Crawford (Paperback) - 1 of 1
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  • From "Putting Things Away" to "The Marriage Almanac" (not to mention the pedantic "Index," in itself a comic wonder), Stanley Crawford gives the married, the unmarried, and the formerly married a classic satire on all the sanctimonious marriage manuals ever produced.
  • About the Author: Stanley Crawford is a writer whose work displays a deep understanding of the complex enterprise of being human.
  • 178 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, General
  • Series Name: American Literature

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From "Putting Things Away" to "The Marriage Almanac" (not to mention the pedantic "Index," in itself a comic wonder), Stanley Crawford gives the married, the unmarried, and the formerly married a classic satire on all the sanctimonious marriage manuals ever produced. Starting with the complete title, "Some Instructions to My Wife Concerning the Upkeep of the House and Marriage, and to My Son and Daughter Concerning the Conduct of Their Childhood," a boorish narrator sets down some seventy-three pieces of advice to his wife, young son, and two-year-old daughter, intended to foster and maintain domestic tranquility in an age of anxiety. Taken literally, our neo-Victorian head of the house is a male chauvinist pig of sorts, but what reader would deny that the sources of Crawford's satire run deep in the American grain?



About the Author



Stanley Crawford is a writer whose work displays a deep understanding of the complex enterprise of being human. His first novel, the dark satire?"GASCOYNE," ?appeared in 1966. Crawford's second novel, ?"Travel Notes (From Here To There) "appeared in 1967.?"Log of The S.S. The Mrs. Unguentine"?was first published by Knopf in 1972. Unfortunately, the book fell out of print and for a time was revived by the University of New Mexico press.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.53 Inches (H) x 5.53 Inches (W) x .57 Inches (D)
Weight: .57 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 178
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: General
Series Title: American Literature
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Stanley Crawford
Language: English
Street Date: November 1, 1985
TCIN: 83396580
UPC: 9780916583156
Item Number (DPCI): 247-29-6459
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.57 inches length x 5.53 inches width x 8.53 inches height
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