Del 13 i serien William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in American Studies

Reporting the Universe

Häftad, Engelska, 2004

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"The writer," according to Emerson, "believes all that can be thought can be written...In his eyes a man is the faculty of reporting, and the universe is the possibility of being reported." And what writer worth his name, E. L. Doctorow asks, will not seriously, however furtively, take on the universe? Human consciousness, personal history, American literature, religion, and politics--these are the far-flung coordinates of the universe that Doctorow reports here, a universe that uniquely and brilliantly reflects our contemporary scene.

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Utgivningsdatum2004-09-30
Mått127 x 191 x 9 mm
Vikt181 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieWilliam E. Massey Sr. Lectures in American Studies
Antal sidor144
FörlagHarvard University Press
ISBN9780674016286

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Whether he's contemplating the irony of our "God-soaked country" being officially secular, or his father's love of Edgar Allan Poe, "our greatest bad writer" (for whom he was named Edgar), or deriding the "mendacity" of politicians, Doctorow is here, as in his fiction, a wordsmith of the first order. It's a pleasure to read these essays--some autobiographical, some literary, some dealing with issues of the day--full of memorable phrases and evocative images, as well as incisive ideas.