Struggling for Wings: The Art of James DickeyRobert Kirschten "Struggling for Wings" is a diverse collection of reviews, interviews, and essays on the controversial career of James Dickey, a writer whose work has engendered commentary ranging from high praise to scathing personal attack. Never before collected, the materials in this volume record America's critical response to Dickey, beginning in the early 1960s when he first began publishing poetry and continuing through the mid-1990s, with comprehensive overviews of Dickey's entire canon. |
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
A Way of Seeing and Saying | 29 |
Herself as the Environment | 44 |
Sermon Packs a Wallop of Feminist Messages | 58 |
Interview with James Dickey | 65 |
Interview with John Gallogly and Bridget Hanley director | 78 |
A Saved Shaken Life | 118 |
The Momentum of WordMagic in James Dickeys | 149 |
The Two Versions of Deliverance | 194 |
Southern Visionary as Celestial Navigator | 216 |
James Dickeys Puella in Flight | 232 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 257 |
CONTRIBUTORS | 273 |
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