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[edit] Posthumous works?
Looking at the list of novels, can someone explain how Zane Grey was able to write so many novels after he died in 1939?! MakeRocketGoNow 19:23, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
- "He was the author of over 90 books, some published posthumously and/or based on serials originally published in magazines." I guess that explains it. That'll teach me to RTFA. Still, that's a lot of posthumous work! MakeRocketGoNow 19:23, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
16:30, 18 December 2005 (PST) Many of his manuscripts were never published. While he was alive, only his most successful manuscripts were published as novels. After he died, those unpublished manuscripts eventually made it to print.
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- In Grey's Altadena home there is a large wing that he had added on referred to as his studio. The upper level is a ballroom sized studio large enough to entertain 100 people. There he had a swing-open cabinet with tin-lined pigeon holes large enough to hold manuscripts, and enough to hold 40 or 50 manuscripts. His son Romer was the last Grey to live in the houdse and I am sure he was able to control distribution of the manuscripts after his father's death. These manuscripts have all found their way to auction, to say, that not one is left in the home. The present owner who bought the house from Romer had found these manuscripts available for price tage ranging from $25,000 to $40,000 which kept her and her husband from ever acquiring one.
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- The home also sports a small elevator by the main staircase which helped the ailing Mrs. Grey to get from floor to floor.Magi Media 11:41, 8 July 2006 (UTC)Magi Media
The article should mention where all this posthumous material is coming from (it's like a third of the guy's output) and why he chose not to publish it earlier. Did Grey consider these manuscripts inferior/unfinished or was he and/or his angent/editors/whoever avoiding oversaturation? Also, what does "based on serials" mean? "Based on" implies to me that the dude is going back and rewriting/reshaping things (& he can't do that when he's dead). Maybe I'm just being picky but the wording makes it seems like it isn't the same thing as a 'serial novel'. I'm not going to change the phrasing because I haven't read the book and don't know what's up. It'd be great if maybe someone could note which books were published as serials + original publication medium & date(s). This is the first time I've posted anything on a discussion page & sorry if there is a format or etiquette or anything I should've followed & didn't. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.251.52.118 (talk) 07:35, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Zane Grey Writing style
Why is it that his writing style is so feminine? Did his wife the almost-school-teacher write as a an unnamed co-author or author with his name? The style of Georgette Heyer is similar but much cleaner and smoother.Hunter of Truth 04:25, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
Zane Grey's style was of a profoundly psychological bent, his son, Dr. Lauren Grey was Emeritus Professor of Psychology at UC Riverside. In discussion with Dr.Grey I suggested that he was similar to his father, he looked at me quite shocked and stated words to the effect that they were worlds apart, he a Psychologist, his father a (mere) Writer. In reading and re-reading Zane Grey I aware of a profound subtext to his work, The Search for Meaning, maybe in a populist but relevant tone. do not forget that hi lived and wrote in the days of Jung, William James, Freud, Adler, and many others, Faulkner, Hemingway, all searching for answers. He explored areas of social change such as Womens Rights, Mormons, Unions, War and he wrote from impeccable research, many of his stories were based on true events, however stylized his words may have been. It is a pity a Publisher, rather than close family, don't own the rights as they are ripe for this age we live in. But don't take my word for it, read them. The femininity alluded to was a troubled man, drawn to beautiful young women, who could not hide himself in his words. He was certainly in touch with the feminine aspects of his psyche. Healthily so? Not for me to say. contribs) 09:52, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
