The literary life and other curiosities /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hendrickson, Robert, 1933-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Viking Press, 1981.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Writing: the act and the art
  • The literary life: writers and authors
  • Poets and poetasters
  • Wits, wags, and literary weasels
  • Critics, censors, bowdlerizers, and book burners
  • Of books and blurbs
  • Art imitates life (from prototype to linotype) and vise versa
  • The world of words: from letters to language
  • The worst of all possible words.