Gurney, A(lbert) R(amsdell)

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GURNEY, A(lbert) R(amsdell)

GURNEY, A(lbert) R(amsdell). American, b. 1930. Genres: Novels, Plays/Screenplays. Career: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, professor of literature, 1970-96 (member of the faculty beginning 1960). Publications: The Comeback, 1965; The Rape of Bunny Stuntz, 1966; The David Show, 1966; The Golden Fleece, 1968; The Problem, 1969; The Open Meeting, 1969; The Love Course, 1970; Scenes from American Life, 1970; The House of Mirth (screenplay), 1972; The Old One-Two, 1973; Children, 1974; The Gospel According to Joe (novel), 1974; Richard Cory, 1976; Entertaining Strangers (novel), 1976; The Wayside Motor Inn, 1977; The Middle Ages, 1977; The Dining Room, 1982; What I Did Last Summer, 1983; The Golden Age, 1984; The Snow Ball (novel), 1985; Sweet Sue, 1986; The Perfect Party, 1986; Another Antigone, 1987; The Cocktail Hour, 1988; Love Letters, 1989; The Snow Ball (play), 1991; The Old Boy, 1991; The Fourth Wall, 1992, rev. ed., 2002; Later Life, 1993; A Cheever Evening, 1994; Sylvia, 1995; Overtune, 1996; Labor Day; 1997; Far East, 1998; Ancestral Voices, 1999; Strawberry Fields (opera), 1999; Human Events, 2000; Buffalo Gal, 2001; Strictly Academic, 2003. Address: 40 Wellers Bridge Rd, Roxbury, CT 06783, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]