United States
Essays 1952-1992
Seiten
1994
Abacus (Verlag)
9780349105246 (ISBN)
Abacus (Verlag)
9780349105246 (ISBN)
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A collection of essays taken from 40 years of work by the bestselling and celebrated Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal's reputation as America's finest essayist is an enduring one. This collection, chosen by the author from 40 years of work, contains about two-thirds of what he published in various magazines and journals. He has divided the essays into three categories, or states.
State of the art covers literature, including novelists and critics, bestsellers, pieces on Henry James, Oscar Wilde, Suetonius, Nabokov and Montaigne (a previously uncollected essay from 1992). State of the union deals with politics and public life: sex, drugs, money, Abraham Lincoln, Eleanor Roosevelt, The Holy Family (his essay on the Kennedys), Nixon, and finally Monotheism and its Discontents , a scathing critique of Christianity, Judaism and Islam. In state of being, we are given personal responses to people and events: recollections of his childhood, E. Nesbit, Tarzan, Tennessee Williams and Anais Nin.
'Magnificent... irresistible from beginning to end' The Times
'All the Vidals are on display in this glittering showcase' Guardian
'Vidal is the outstanding literary radical of America' Melvyn Bragg
Gore Vidal's reputation as America's finest essayist is an enduring one. This collection, chosen by the author from 40 years of work, contains about two-thirds of what he published in various magazines and journals. He has divided the essays into three categories, or states.
State of the art covers literature, including novelists and critics, bestsellers, pieces on Henry James, Oscar Wilde, Suetonius, Nabokov and Montaigne (a previously uncollected essay from 1992). State of the union deals with politics and public life: sex, drugs, money, Abraham Lincoln, Eleanor Roosevelt, The Holy Family (his essay on the Kennedys), Nixon, and finally Monotheism and its Discontents , a scathing critique of Christianity, Judaism and Islam. In state of being, we are given personal responses to people and events: recollections of his childhood, E. Nesbit, Tarzan, Tennessee Williams and Anais Nin.
'Magnificent... irresistible from beginning to end' The Times
'All the Vidals are on display in this glittering showcase' Guardian
'Vidal is the outstanding literary radical of America' Melvyn Bragg
Gore Vidal was at the centre of literary and intellectual life for half a century and wrote 'The Narratives of a Golden Age' series as well as countless bestsellers. He died on 31st July 2012.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 22.9.1994 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 132 x 196 mm |
| Gewicht | 860 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton |
| Reisen ► Bildbände ► Nord- / Mittelamerika | |
| ISBN-13 | 9780349105246 / 9780349105246 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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