The Circus in the Attic and Other Stories

robert penn warren

A collection of Penn Warren’s best short two novelettes and twelve stories that skillfully handle a variety of themes and styles.”Worth reading for their craftsmanship and variety” (Charles Poore, New York Times).

Genres short storiesfictionliteratureamericanclassic literaturecollectionsclassics

276 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1947

This edition

Format: 276 pages, Paperback
Published: January 1, 1968 by Mariner Books
ISBN: 9780156180023
ASIN: 0156180022
Language: English

About the author

robert penn warren

Robert Penn Warren was an American poet, novelist, and literary critic and was one of the founders of New Criticism. He was also a charter member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. He founded the literary journal The Southern Review with Cleanth Brooks in 1935. He received the 1947 Pulitzer Prize for the Novel for All the King's Men (1946) and the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1958 and 1979. He is the only person to have won Pulitzer Prizes for both fiction and poetry.