Format:
xiii, 255 Seiten ;
,
24 cm.
Edition:
First Magnus books edition
ISBN:
9781936833115
Content:
"Named by novelist John Irving as "one of the best writers of my generation," Edmund White is one of our most celebrated novelists. He is also a brilliant journalist and cultural commentator on the arts. In Sacred Monsters, White collects more than twenty of his most recent writings on legendary figures from the worlds of art and literature, including John Cheever, Edith Wharton, David Hockney, Truman Capote, Auguste Rodin, Christopher Isherwood, Robert Mapplethorpe, Martin Amis, E.M. Forster, Tennessee Williams, The Beats, Glenway Westcott, Vladimir Nabokov, James Merrill, Marguerite Duras, John Rechy, Henry James, Paul Bowles, Ford Madox Ford, Reynolds Price, Howard Sturgis, and Marcel Proust. Filled with wit, erudition, and charm, White's writing manages to entertain as it enlightens readers."--Jacket
Note:
The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture
,
The Bronze Age: Auguste Rodin -- The house of Edith: Edith Wharton -- The strange charms of John Cheever -- The loves of the falcon: Glenway Wescott -- The lineaments of desire: David Hockney -- The consolations of art: Marcel Proust -- The panorama of Ford Madox Ford -- Sweating mirrors: Truman Capote -- Beat memories -- In love with Duras: Marguerite Duras -- Concerning E.M. Forster -- A love tormented but triumphant: Christopher Isherwood -- More lad than bad: Martin Amis -- Notebooks of Tennessee Williams -- The making of John Rechy -- Portrait of a sissy: Howard Sturgis -- Robert Mapplethorpe -- The desert of solitude: Paul Bowles -- A different person: James Merrill -- Sensual in the South: Reynolds Price -- Sons and brothers: Henry James -- Nobokov's passion
Language:
English
Keywords:
Essay
;
Biography
;
essays
;
Essays
;
Biographies
;
Essais
Author information:
White, Edmund 1940-
