In these 11 articles, written over a period of 40 years and originally published in journals such as Atlantic Monthly and Partisan Review, Barzun presents his ideas of good writing and how it can be achieved, and discusses the problems of editing and publishing. The collection i…
In these 11 articles, written over a period of 40 years and originally published in journals such as Atlantic Monthly and Partisan Review, Barzun presents his ideas of good writing and how it can be achieved, and discusses the problems of editing and publishing. The collection i…
"In Neatness Counts, Kevin Kopelson reflects on the poetics of the desk - rolltop or bureau plat, cluttered or bare, the nest-like desk, the schematic desk, the dramatic desk, the dramatic lack of any such furniture. Exploring the topography of literary creation by way of the to…
In Neatness Counts, Kevin Kopelson offers a series of meditations on how orderliness, chaos, and other physical states correspond with both the exhilaration of production and the desperation of writer's block. Focusing on Elizabeth Bishop, Marcel Proust, Roland Barthes, Tom Stop…
"While gaps in the biographical record for William Shakespeare continue to confound literary scholars, McCrea here concludes that he was, indeed, the playwright and poet we have always thought him to be. This literary forensics case follows the trail of evidence in the historica…
"While gaps in the biographical record for William Shakespeare continue to confound literary scholars, McCrea here concludes that he was, indeed, the playwright and poet we have always thought him to be. This literary forensics case follows the trail of evidence in the historica…
Nicholson Baker has written a book about John Updike. That's not true: Nicholson Baker has written a book about John Updike and Nicholson Baker. He has written a book, that is, about "U" and "I."
This book completes the theory of textuality whose logical and epistemological dimensions were presented in Gracia's book, A Theory of Textuality: The Logic and Epistemology (SUNY Press). It provides an ontological characterization of texts consistent with the conception of text…
"This book completes the theory of textuality whose logical and epistemological dimensions were presented in Gracia's book, A Theory of Textuality: The Logic and Epistemology (SUNY Press). It provides an ontological characterization of texts consistent with the conception of tex…
