Portrait of My Body - Hardcover

Lopate, Phillip

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385477104 ISBN 13: 9780385477109

Verlag: Anchor Books, 1996

Inhaltsangabe

In the final volume of a trilogy that began with Bachelorhood and Against Joie de Vivre, a noted essayist presents thirteen autobiographical, interconnected essays that explore the disguises and revelations of the self. Tour.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Phillip Lopate is Adams Professor of English at Hofstra University.

Aus dem Klappentext

te's richest and most ambitious book yet--the final volume of a trilogy that began with Bachelorhood and Against Joie de Vivre--Portrait of My Body is a powerful memoir in the form of interconnected personal essays. One of America's foremost essayists, who helped focus attention on the form in his acclaimed anthology The Art of the Personal Essay, Lopate demonstrates here just how far a writer can go in the direction of honesty and risk taking.

In thirteen essays, Lopate explores the resources and limits of the self, its many disguises, excuses, and unmaskings, with his characteristic wry humor and insight. From the title essay, a hilarious physical self-exam, to the haunting portrait of his ex-colleague Donald Barthelme, to the bittersweet account of hi

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Anchor Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0385477104
• ISBN 13: 9780385477109
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 325
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