Vanderbilt: Deliverance Revisited - Its Relevance to Modern American Culture is Enough to Give Alumnus James Dickey's Acclaimed Novel Another Look
November 03, 2020
November 03, 2020
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 3 (TNSRes) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news on Oct. 29:
Deliverance--the debut novel by James Dickey, BA'49, MA'50--reached the polished age of 50 years old in the spring.
First published in 1970, the novel was a critically acclaimed bestseller and boosted the growing celebrity of its author. However, the 1972 film, which Stephen Farber of The New York Times called the "most stunning piece of moviemaking releas . . .
Deliverance--the debut novel by James Dickey, BA'49, MA'50--reached the polished age of 50 years old in the spring.
First published in 1970, the novel was a critically acclaimed bestseller and boosted the growing celebrity of its author. However, the 1972 film, which Stephen Farber of The New York Times called the "most stunning piece of moviemaking releas . . .