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Gore Vidal and
Fred Kaplan
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Random House Inc
Publication date
January 1, 1999
Pages
988
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780679457466
ISBN-10
0679457461
Dimensions
1.75 by 6.75 by 10 in.
Weight
3 lbs.
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Out of Print
Original list price
$39.95
§As reported by publisher
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Live from Golgotha/the Gospel According to Gore Vidal | Palimpsest | Gore Vidal Sexually Speaking | The Selected Essays of Gore Vidal | The Selected Essays of Gore Vidal | The Last Empire Essays 1992-2000 | Point to Point Navigation | United States
Live from Golgotha/the Gospel According to Gore Vidal | Palimpsest | Gore Vidal Sexually Speaking | The Selected Essays of Gore Vidal | The Selected Essays of Gore Vidal | The Last Empire Essays 1992-2000 | Point to Point Navigation | United States
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A definitive anthology of the writings of Gore Vidal combines a selection of his most famous essays, previously unpublished letters, short stories, all of Myra Breckenridge, and excerpts from such novels as Julian, Burr, Lincoln, and others. 25,000 first printing.
(view table of contents)Amazon.com description: Product Description: The range and size of Gore Vidal's literary achievement is remarkable. He is a master of the historical novel, in which he has explored American history, ancient history, and the history of religion. He has developed his own style of science fiction combined with satire, and in the books he refers to as his "inventions" he writes cautionary tales about sex, politics, art, and philosophy. He is at once a contrarian, a wise man, and a romantic. He is also wickedly funny, and often outrageous. All of these qualities are evident in his essays, which deal with things about which he feels passionately.
He writes about other writers--Tennessee Williams, Henry James, Montaigne, Edmund Wilson--and about public life, and his own life, which has been complicated and rich. This collection (the only single volume that includes both Vidal's fiction and his essays) contains two complete long works--Myra Breckinridge, perhaps his most famous novel, and The Best Man, a play about the American presidency. There are selections from The City and the Pillar, his early, controversial novel about homosexual love, and excerpts from such later works as Julian, Duluth, and Live from Golgotha. Selections from the American history novels--Burr, Lincoln, 1876, Empire, Hollywood, and Washington, D.C.--have been woven together to provide a continuous narrative. There are twenty-five essays here, on the many subjects that have engaged Vidal during his long career. The editor, Fred Kaplan, who is writing the first major biography of Vidal, has provided an introduction to the work as a whole as well as an introductory explanation of each selection. He has also prepared a biographical chronology and a bibliography.
He writes about other writers--Tennessee Williams, Henry James, Montaigne, Edmund Wilson--and about public life, and his own life, which has been complicated and rich. This collection (the only single volume that includes both Vidal's fiction and his essays) contains two complete long works--Myra Breckinridge, perhaps his most famous novel, and The Best Man, a play about the American presidency. There are selections from The City and the Pillar, his early, controversial novel about homosexual love, and excerpts from such later works as Julian, Duluth, and Live from Golgotha. Selections from the American history novels--Burr, Lincoln, 1876, Empire, Hollywood, and Washington, D.C.--have been woven together to provide a continuous narrative. There are twenty-five essays here, on the many subjects that have engaged Vidal during his long career. The editor, Fred Kaplan, who is writing the first major biography of Vidal, has provided an introduction to the work as a whole as well as an introductory explanation of each selection. He has also prepared a biographical chronology and a bibliography.
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1 edition from Random House Inc (January 1, 1999)
9780679457466 | details & prices | 988 pages | 6.75 × 10.00 × 1.75 in. | 3.00 lbs | List price $39.95
About: An anthology of the writings of Gore Vidal combines a selection of his most famous essays, previously unpublished letters, short stories, all of Myra Breckinridge, and excerpts of novels
About: An anthology of the writings of Gore Vidal combines a selection of his most famous essays, previously unpublished letters, short stories, all of Myra Breckinridge, and excerpts of novels
Paperback
With Fred Kaplan (other contributor) |
New edition from Gardners Books (October 19, 2000)
9780349112671 | details & prices | 1030 pages | List price $23.35
About: This collection contains two complete works - 'Myra Breckinridge', Vidal's most famous novel, and 'The Best Man', a play about the American presidency.
About: This collection contains two complete works - 'Myra Breckinridge', Vidal's most famous novel, and 'The Best Man', a play about the American presidency.
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