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Reporting the Universe

Doctorow, E. L.
Heftet / 2004 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780674016286
Publisert
2004-09-30
Utgiver
Vendor
Harvard University Press
Høyde
191 mm
Bredde
127 mm
Dybde
8 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
144

Forfatter
Doctorow, E. L.

Biographical note

E. L. Doctorow held the Glucksman Chair in American and English Letters at New York University.

Reporting the Universe

Doctorow, E. L.
Heftet / 2004 / Engelsk
Doctorow, E. L.
Heftet / 2004 / Engelsk
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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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Rich with philosophical asides, historical speculations, personal observations, and literary judgments, this book ranges from the circumstances of Doctorow’s own boyhood and early work to the state of modern society, forming a “report” by turns touching and funny, ironic and exalted, and, in its unique way, universally to the point.
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Emerson Childhood of a Writer Kenyon Texts That Are Sacred, Texts That Are Not First Novel Deism The Little Bang Why We Are Infidels The Politics of God The Civil Religion Canto XXV Apprehending Reality Paradise Lost Literature as Religion
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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.
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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.
Les mer
Rich with philosophical asides, historical speculations, personal observations, and literary judgments, this book ranges from the circumstances of Doctorow’s own boyhood and early work to the state of modern society, forming a “report” by turns touching and funny, ironic and exalted, and, in its unique way, universally to the point.
Les mer
Emerson Childhood of a Writer Kenyon Texts That Are Sacred, Texts That Are Not First Novel Deism The Little Bang Why We Are Infidels The Politics of God The Civil Religion Canto XXV Apprehending Reality Paradise Lost Literature as Religion
Les mer
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.
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780674016286
Publisert
2004-09-30
Utgiver
Vendor
Harvard University Press
Høyde
191 mm
Bredde
127 mm
Dybde
8 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
144

Forfatter
Doctorow, E. L.

Biographical note

E. L. Doctorow held the Glucksman Chair in American and English Letters at New York University.

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