Fiction and the Figures of Life

Name: Fiction and the Figures of Life
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ISBN: 9780879232542

ISBN-10: 0879232544

ISBN-13: 9780879232542

Edition: Reprint

Authors: William H. Gass

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Twenty-four essays by the modern master of literary criticism, ranging from discussion of Gertrude Stein and Jorge Luis Borges to Henry James and "The Evil Demiurge." "Gass's criticism, in the best tradition of eloquence, wit, and passion, is a defense of 'poesy' in a time of need... Nearly all the essays are a pleasure to read and someit almost seems shocking to say itare works of beauty. It has happened beforeone thinks of Keat's letters and some fragments of Lawrencethat the unlikely combination of criticism, philosophy and metaphorical inventiveness has resulted in a kind of poetry." New York Times Book Review "For anyone who writes fiction or writes about it, or reads fiction for…

Book details

List price: $13.95
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
Publication date: 1/1/1978
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Acknowledgments
Preface
Philosophy and the Form of Fiction	p. 3
The Medium of Fiction	p. 17
The Concept of Character in Fiction	p. 34
In Terms of the Toenail: Fiction and the Figures of Life	p. 55
Gertrude Stein: Her Escape from Protective Language	p. 79
The Leading Edge of the Trash Phenomenon	p. 97
Pricksongs & Descants	p. 104
Mirror, Mirror	p. 110
Imaginary Borges and His Books	p. 120
The Bingo Game at the Foot of the Cross	p. 134
The Shut-In	p. 140
A Spirit in Search of Itself	p. 157
In the Cage	p. 164
The High Brutality of Good Intentions	p. 177
The Stylization of Desire	p. 191
Cock-a-doodle-doo	p. 206
From Some Ashes No Bird Rises	p. 212
The Case of the Obliging Stranger	p. 225
Russell's Memoirs	p. 242
A Memory of a Master	p. 247
The Evil Demiurge	p. 253
The Imagination of an Insurrection	p. 263
Even if, by All the Oxen in the World	p. 268
The Artist and Society	p. 276
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