The fun stuff, and other essays
by Wood, James
In twenty-three passionate, sparkling dispatches--which range over such crucial writers as Thomas Hardy, Leo Tolstoy, Edmund Wilson, and Mikhail Lermontov--literary critic James Wood offers a panoramic look at the modern novel. He effortlessly connects his encyclopedic, passionate understanding of the literary canon with an equally in-depth analysis of the most important authors writing today, including Cormac McCarthy, Lydia Davis, and Aleksandar Hemon.
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- Full title :The fun stuff, and other essays / James Wood.
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In twenty-three passionate, sparkling dispatches--which range over such crucial writers as Thomas Hardy, Leo Tolstoy, Edmund Wilson, and Mikhail Lermontov--literary critic James Wood offers a panoramic look at the modern novel. He effortlessly connects his encyclopedic, passionate understanding of the literary canon with an equally in-depth analysis of the most important authors writing today, including Cormac McCarthy, Lydia Davis, and Aleksandar Hemon.
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- Publication Date:2012.
- Edition:1st ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2012.
The Physical Object
- Description:viii, 339 pages ; : 22 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780374159566, 0374159564
- oclc:ocn773369947
- LC Classification:AC8
- Dewey Decimal:809.304
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