Tests of Time
Essays
330 pages
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5-1/2 x 8-1/2
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© 2002
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.
Contents
Acknowledgments
LITERARY MATTERS
The Nature of Narrative and Its Philosophical Implications
Anywhere but Kansas
Invisible Cities
Sidelonging
I've Got a Little List
The Test of Time
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CONTRETEMPS
The Writer and Politics: A Litany
Tribalism, Identity, and Ideology
The Shears of the Censor
Were There Anything in the World Worth Worship
How German Are We?
THE STUTTGART SEMINAR LECTURES
Quotations from Chairman Flaubert
There Was an Old Woman Who
Transformations
LITERARY MATTERS
The Nature of Narrative and Its Philosophical Implications
Anywhere but Kansas
Invisible Cities
Sidelonging
I've Got a Little List
The Test of Time
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CONTRETEMPS
The Writer and Politics: A Litany
Tribalism, Identity, and Ideology
The Shears of the Censor
Were There Anything in the World Worth Worship
How German Are We?
THE STUTTGART SEMINAR LECTURES
Quotations from Chairman Flaubert
There Was an Old Woman Who
Transformations
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