(010443) Bruccoli, Matthew J. James Gould Cozzens: A Life Apart. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 343 pages. Fine in Very Good DJ. B&W Illustrations. Cozzens (1903-1978), an American author, became best known for his novels of upper-class manners. Cozzens' fiction shows his fascination with social roles and forms. His typical hero is a professional man who distrusts emotion and believes in reason and self- discipline. Cozzens' style is analytical and filled with realistic detail. Cozzens won the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his novel Guard of Honor (1948), which concerns military life on an Air Force base. Cozzens' most popular novel is By Love Possessed (1957). The work investigates how a lawyer's life and principles are shaken by discoveries he makes about his friends and family ISBN: 0151460485 (Cozzens, James G., Novelists, Biography)
