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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... voice ; a voice that's my own , and not that of a fictional character's ; a voice addressing itself to a presumably like - minded audience , on varied , impersonal subjects that are not my own invention . As a critic my primary hope is ...
... voice ; a voice that's my own , and not that of a fictional character's ; a voice addressing itself to a presumably like - minded audience , on varied , impersonal subjects that are not my own invention . As a critic my primary hope is ...
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... world of elders . The voice of rebellion runs through our classic American litera- ture , which is on the whole a youthful , idiosyncratic , defiant voice . It is the voice of which Melville approves so passionately in 38 Joyce Carol Oates.
... world of elders . The voice of rebellion runs through our classic American litera- ture , which is on the whole a youthful , idiosyncratic , defiant voice . It is the voice of which Melville approves so passionately in 38 Joyce Carol Oates.
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... voice mimicry , Wideman is capable of leaping without warning from the measured cadences of an idealized eighteenth - century black speech ( “ Curled in the black hold of the ship he wonders why his life on solid green earth had to end ...
... voice mimicry , Wideman is capable of leaping without warning from the measured cadences of an idealized eighteenth - century black speech ( “ Curled in the black hold of the ship he wonders why his life on solid green earth had to end ...
Contents
Where Is an Author? | 3 |
In Olden Times When Wishing Was Having | 9 |
The Aesthetics of Fear | 26 |
Copyright | |
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