These essays from a distinguished, international group of scholars trace the process of thinking and creation in one of the great literary minds of the twentieth century. Archival and newly available materials reveal this canonical author's composition process and artistic virtuosity.

Jonathan Foltz, Boston University, USA Lisa Goldfarb, New York University's Gallatin School, USA Susannah Yough-ah Gottlieb, Northwestern University, USA Emily Hyde, University of Pennsylvania, USA Daniel Jean, Université Paris Diderot, France Evan Kindley, Claremont McKenna College, USA Reena Sastri, Independent Scholar, UK Claire Seiler, Dickinson College, USA Tony Sharpe, Lancaster University, UK Hannah Sullivan, University of Oxford, UK Justin Quinn, University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic Michael Wood, Princeton University, USA