United States: Essays 1952-1992A compilation of 114 classic essays from Gore Vidal. "A marvelous compendium of sharp wit and independent judgment that confirms his status as a man of letters." —Publishers Weekly From the age of Eisenhower to the dawning of the Clinton era, Gore Vidal’s United States offers an incomparably rich tapestry of American intellectual and political life in a tumultuous period. It also provides the best, most sustained exposure possible to the most wide-ranging, acute, and original literary intelligence of the post–World War II years. United States is an essential book in the canon of twentieth-century American literature and an endlessly fascinating work. |
Contents
THE GOLDEN BOWL OF HENRY JAMES | |
LOGAN PEARSALL SMITH LOVES THE ADVERB | |
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS | |
ON THE SKIDS AGAIN | |
BERNARD SHAWS HEARTBREAK HOUSE | |
MAUGHAMS HALF HALF | |
FORDS | |
THE SEXUS OF HENRY MILLER | |
THEORIES OF THE NEW NOVEL | |
THE HACKS OF ACADEME | |
THE MATTER OF FICTION | |
THE NOVEL OF IDEAS | |
MEREDITH | |
THE BOOKCHAT OF HENRY JAMES | |
HENRY MILLER AND LAWRENCE DURRELL | |
THIS CRITIC AND THIS GIN AND ECKERMANN HIS | |
Title Page | |
STATE OF THE UNION | |
AUTHORS NOTE | |
ALSO BY GORE VIDAL | |
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