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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Random House
Publication date
September 19, 2006
Binding
CD/Spoken Word
Edition
Unabridged
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780739334140
ISBN-10
073933414X
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.25 by 6 in.
Weight
0.35 lbs.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$29.95
Other format details
audio
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
In a new collection of essays, the award-winning author of The March and Ragtime offers a series of reflections on the nature of imagination and creativity, looking at diverse forms of creative endeavor--from the literary and scientific to the comic and cosmic--as well as on his own creative process in his writings. Simultaneous.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: E. L. Doctorow is acclaimed internationally for such novels as Ragtime, Billy Bathgate, and The March. Here now are his rich, revelatory essays on the nature of imaginative thought. In Creationists, Doctorow considers creativity in its many forms, from the literary to the comic to the cosmic. As he wrestles with the subjects that have teased and fired his own imagination, Doctorow affirms that âwe know by what we create.â
Just what is Melville doing in Moby-Dick? How did The Adventures of Tom Sawyer impel Mark Twain to the radical rewrite that we know as Huckleberry Finn? Can we ever trust what novelists say about their own work? How could Franz Kafka have written a book called Amerika without ever leaving Europe? In posing such questions, Doctorow grapples with literary creation not as a critic or as a scholarâbut as one working writer frankly contemplating the work of another. Itâs a perspective that affords him both protean grace and profound insight.
Among the essays collected here are Doctorowâs musings on the very different Spanish Civil War novels of Ernest Hemingway and André Malraux; a candid assessment of Edgar Allan Poe as our âgreatest bad writerâ; and a bracing analysis of the story of Genesis, in which God figures as the most complex and riveting character.
In examining the creative works of different times and disciplines, Doctorow also reveals the source and nature of his own artistry. Rich in aphorism and anecdote, steeped in history and psychology, informed by a lifetime of reading and writing, Creationists opens a magnificent window into one of the great creative minds of our time.
Just what is Melville doing in Moby-Dick? How did The Adventures of Tom Sawyer impel Mark Twain to the radical rewrite that we know as Huckleberry Finn? Can we ever trust what novelists say about their own work? How could Franz Kafka have written a book called Amerika without ever leaving Europe? In posing such questions, Doctorow grapples with literary creation not as a critic or as a scholarâbut as one working writer frankly contemplating the work of another. Itâs a perspective that affords him both protean grace and profound insight.
Among the essays collected here are Doctorowâs musings on the very different Spanish Civil War novels of Ernest Hemingway and André Malraux; a candid assessment of Edgar Allan Poe as our âgreatest bad writerâ; and a bracing analysis of the story of Genesis, in which God figures as the most complex and riveting character.
In examining the creative works of different times and disciplines, Doctorow also reveals the source and nature of his own artistry. Rich in aphorism and anecdote, steeped in history and psychology, informed by a lifetime of reading and writing, Creationists opens a magnificent window into one of the great creative minds of our time.
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Hardcover
from Random House Inc (September 19, 2006)
9781400064953 | details & prices | 176 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 0.50 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $24.95
About: In a new collection of essays, the author offers a series of reflections on the nature of imagination and creativity, looking at diverse forms of creative endeavor--from the literary and scientific to the comic and cosmic--as well as on his own creative process in his writings.
About: In a new collection of essays, the author offers a series of reflections on the nature of imagination and creativity, looking at diverse forms of creative endeavor--from the literary and scientific to the comic and cosmic--as well as on his own creative process in his writings.
CD/Spoken Word
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Unabridged edition from Random House (September 19, 2006)
9780739334140 | details & prices | 5.25 × 6.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $29.95
About: The author offers a series of reflections on the nature of imagination and creativity, looking at diverse forms of creative endeavor--from the literary and scientific to the comic and cosmic--as well as on his own creative process in his writings.
About: The author offers a series of reflections on the nature of imagination and creativity, looking at diverse forms of creative endeavor--from the literary and scientific to the comic and cosmic--as well as on his own creative process in his writings.
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