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Nobody grew but the business : on the life and work of William Gaddis / Joseph Tabbi.
Van Pelt Library PS3557.A28 Z88 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tabbi, Joseph, 1960- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gaddis, William, 1922-1998.
- Gaddis, William.
- Authors, American--20th century--Biography.
- Authors, American.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Gaddis, William, 1922-1998--Criticism and interpretation.
- Capitalism in literature.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 255 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2015.
- Contents:
- Williams family orchestra
- Merricourt
- All tomorrow's parties : the route to The Recognitions
- Anticipations of failure in The Recognitions
- Gwion's riddle and Toynbee's solution
- The self who could do more
- IBM, Ford, Pfizer, and the ghost in the machine
- American fiction without recognition : J R
- The imagination of the state
- Portrait of the artist as writing professor : Carpenter's Gothic
- Friendships, and frolics
- His master's voice : Agape agape.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-248) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780810131422
- 0810131420
- 9780810131439
- 0810131439
- OCLC:
- 898158764
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