James McConkey
James McConkey was born on Labor Day in 1921. He is Goldwin Smith Professor of English Literature, emeritus, at Cornell University, and has written or edited 14 books. Among them are two books about writers who have influenced him. The Novels of E.M. Forster is a critical study; To a Distant Island concerns the greatest adventure of Anton Chekhov's life, his more than 6500-mile journey from Moscow across Siberia to Sakhalin Island to interview the convicts imprisoned there. To a Distant Island...See more
James McConkey was born on Labor Day in 1921. He is Goldwin Smith Professor of English Literature, emeritus, at Cornell University, and has written or edited 14 books. Among them are two books about writers who have influenced him. The Novels of E.M. Forster is a critical study; To a Distant Island concerns the greatest adventure of Anton Chekhov's life, his more than 6500-mile journey from Moscow across Siberia to Sakhalin Island to interview the convicts imprisoned there. To a Distant Island has been reprinted by Paul Dry Books, in Philadelphia. See less
James McConkey's Featured Books
James McConkey book reviews
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The Nag Hammadi Library in English: Revised Edition
Book was as advertised
by Virgil H, May 19, 2011
His book was as advertised and was shipped promptly with good packaging. Read More
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Rowan's Progress
Yankee's Progress
Jim McConkey taught my creative writing classes, and his lovely wife Gladys taught my journalism class, at Morehead State College (now University) in the 1950s. I came to know the McConkeys well, and ... Read More
