Where I've Been, and where I'm Going: Essays, Reviews, and ProsePlume, 1999 - 386 pages This compilation of nearly 50 recent essays and reviews by one of America's leading literary figures demonstrates Joyce Carol Oates's passionate and wide-ranging interests. Fairytales ancient and modern, the literature of serial killers, surrealist art. boxing -- these are but a few of the subjects to which Oates turns her formidable intelligence. From studies of literary and art history, to examinations of the creative process and the role Of the artist in society. Oates's eloquent and thought-provoking commentaries remind us of the pleasures of the essay form. Included here are significant studies of such literary personalities as F. Scott Fitzgerald. Raymond Chandler. Sylvia Plath and Paul Bowles. among others. Where I've Been, and Where I'm Going also features Oates's writings about her own work, including essays on Expensive People. Wonderland, and Foxfire. Like her 1988 collection. (Woman) Writer: Occasions and Opportunities, these fascinating essays are a privileged glimpse into one of the most fascinating minds of our era. |
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Page 110
... seems to have felt self - conscious , even apologetic of his “ diffident ” personality , in contrast to the heroic Marlowe — that " simple alcoholic vulgarian " with “ as much social conscience as a horse . " He was born in 1888 in ...
... seems to have felt self - conscious , even apologetic of his “ diffident ” personality , in contrast to the heroic Marlowe — that " simple alcoholic vulgarian " with “ as much social conscience as a horse . " He was born in 1888 in ...
Page 188
... seems rather more like eighty - six than sixty - six , and his preoccupation with his own aging highlights those prevailing Updike themes , the war be- tween the sexes as James Thurber might have characterized it ( Ben's younger , far ...
... seems rather more like eighty - six than sixty - six , and his preoccupation with his own aging highlights those prevailing Updike themes , the war be- tween the sexes as James Thurber might have characterized it ( Ben's younger , far ...
Page 236
... seems to possess on even the sunniest days a faint sepia cast , as in an old photograph . Downtown Main Street has a look of malnourished " urban renewal " -reasonably new buildings juxtaposed with aged buildings , structures under ...
... seems to possess on even the sunniest days a faint sepia cast , as in an old photograph . Downtown Main Street has a look of malnourished " urban renewal " -reasonably new buildings juxtaposed with aged buildings , structures under ...
Contents
Where Is an Author? | 3 |
In Olden Times When Wishing Was Having | 9 |
The Aesthetics of Fear | 26 |
Copyright | |
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