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John Metcalf - Stigma, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2027

Stigma

William Hoffer and the Final Judgement Construction Company

Av John Metcalf

293 kr

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In Stigma: William Hoffer and the Final Judgement Construction Company, editor John Metcalf compiles a selection of essays on bookseller William Hoffer by a range of Canadian publishers and academics, accompanied by Hoffer’s letters, journal entries, and essays—providing a critical lens for Hoffer's contributions to Canadian letters.“Why a book about a bookseller who has now been dead for more than a quarter of a century? William Hoffer—Bill—lives on in the memories of his contemporaries, many of whom, younger dealers and collectors, he mentored in the niceties of the trade. Far beyond the confines of the trade, however, he bequeathed to Canadians four major legacies. His first legacy was his 80 catalogues of books for sale, or Lists, as he modestly called them. His second legacy was to make us aware of how much we didn’t know about writers and their books. His third legacy was his assertion, implicit in all his negative catalogue entries, of the necessity in evaluation of comparing Canadian writing with world literature in English. To not compare was to remain in the sandbox with a scattering of nasty plastic toys. The fourth of Bill’s legacies to us was his challenge to government subsidy of the arts. In essence, his argument was that subsidy masked the brutal fact that an audience did not exist.” (From John Metcalf's introduction.)
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2027-04-22
  • Mått: 133 x 209 x 19 mm
  • Vikt: 388 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 360
  • Förlag: Biblioasis
  • ISBN: 9781771967471
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John Metcalf is a writer, editor, critic, and jolly good fellow. He is the fiction editor for Biblioasis.

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Praise for John Metcalf“[Metcalf’s] talent is generous, hectoring, huge, and remarkable.”—Washington Post“Hilarious, touching and delightful . . . brilliant concision and understated humor.”—Los Angeles Times“Masterful . . . Harsh reality, hope, and caricature mingle in this tour de force. As Metcalf says in his previous book, 'Writing is very hard work but at the same time it is delightful play.'”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"Incandescent . . . steeped in acid wit."—Literary Review of Canada"[Metcalf's] exacting eye and his ongoing willingness to call out what he considers substandard, inert, or deadening in our literary culture has earned him opprobrium . . . One need not agree with everything [he] says to find much to gnaw on in his analyses of the various ways literary technique and style . . . are too often downgraded or outright ignored. . . . While it’s amusing to wrestle with the temerity and gall of Metcalf’s settled esthetic standards . . . his achievement in translating this approach into practice as mentor and guiding light is invaluable and we are all in his debt."—Steven W. Beattie, Toronto Star

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