The men in my life /

The men in my life /

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Gornick on V.S. Naipaul, James Baldwin, George Gissing, Randall Jarrell, H.G. Wells, Loren Eiseley, Allen Ginsberg, Hayden Carruth, Saul Bellow, and Philip Roth and the intimate relationship between emotional damage and great literature. Vivian Gornick, one of our finest critics, tackled the theme o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gornick, Vivian
Corporate Author: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2008.
Series:Boston review book.
Subjects:
American literature > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
English literature > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Authorship > Psychological aspects.
Social problems in literature.
Male authors > Appreciation.
Authorship > Sex differences.
Literature and society.
Society in literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • George Gissing: A neurotic for our times
  • H.G. Wells: The beginning of wisdom
  • Loren Eiseley: Excavating the self
  • Randall Jarrell: Reading to save his life
  • Saul Bellow, Philip Roth, and the end of the Jew as metaphor
  • Allen Ginsberg: America's holy fool
  • Raymond Carver, Andre Dubus, Richard Ford: Tenderhearted men
  • James Baldwin and V.S. Naipaul: America made the difference.

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