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Tests of time : essays / William H. Gass.

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LIBRA - Special PS3557.A845 T47 2003
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Gass, William H., 1924-2017.
Contributor:
Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Essays.
Penn Provenance:
Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
Physical Description:
319 pages ; 22 cm
Edition:
University of Chicago Press paperback edition.
Place of Publication:
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003.
Summary:
"Tests of Time" brings us fourteen witty and elegant essays by novelist and literary critic William H. Gass, "the finest prose stylist in America" (Steven Moore, "Washington Post"). Whether he's exploring the nature of narrative, the extent and cost of political influences on writers, or the relationships between the stories we tell and the moral judgments we make, Gass is always erudite, entertaining, and enlightening.
ISBN:
0226284069
9780226284064
OCLC:
51087271

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