Reporting the Universe

Häftad, Engelska, 2004

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

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Beskrivning

"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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2004-09-30
Mått:127 x 191 x 9 mm
Vikt:181 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in American Studies
Antal sidor:144
Förlag:Harvard University Press
ISBN:9780674016286

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

Recensioner i media

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.

Innehållsförteckning

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