American audacity : in defense of literary daring
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New York ; Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2018.
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Central - Adult Nonfiction
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Published
New York ; Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2018.
Format
Book
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xxxiii, 462 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
A collection of essays, some previously published in The Republic and other publications.
General Note
Includes index.
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"Over the last decade William Giraldi has established himself as a charismatic and uncompromising literary essayist. American Audacity gathers Giraldi's fierce and witty considerations of American writers and themes, including a never-before-published appreciation of James Baldwin and an introductory call to arms for twenty-first-century American literature. With deep seeing and enormous learning, Giraldi considers giants from the past (Herman Melville, Edgar Allan Poe, Harper Lee), some of our great living critics and novelists (Harold Bloom, Cynthia Ozick, Allan Gurganus, Elizabeth Spencer), and those cultural-literary themes that have concerned him as a novelist (best-selling books, the problem of Catholic fiction, and his viral essay on bibliophilia). Demanding that literature be urgent and audacious, this book is itself an act of intellectual and stylistic daring. At a time when literature is threatened by ceaseless electronic distraction, Giraldi reaffirms the pleasure and wisdom of literary values" --,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Giraldi, W., & Giraldi, W. (2018). American audacity: in defense of literary daring (First edition.). Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Giraldi, William and William. Giraldi. 2018. American Audacity: In Defense of Literary Daring. Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Giraldi, William and William. Giraldi. American Audacity: In Defense of Literary Daring Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Giraldi, William,, and William Giraldi. American Audacity: In Defense of Literary Daring First edition., Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2018.
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