The end of the novel of love /

In this book of new and collected critical essays, Vivian Gornick turns the searching intelligence and honesty of insight that mark her memoirs on the work - and the lives - of writers she admires, among them Jean Rhys, Willa Cather, Christina Stead, and George Meredith. In doing so, she examines a...

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Main Author: Gornick, Vivian (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Picador, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020.
Edition:First Picador edition.
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Summary:In this book of new and collected critical essays, Vivian Gornick turns the searching intelligence and honesty of insight that mark her memoirs on the work - and the lives - of writers she admires, among them Jean Rhys, Willa Cather, Christina Stead, and George Meredith. In doing so, she examines a century of novels of love-in-the-Western-world and comes to see that, for most writers, it is the drama of our angry and frightened selves in the presence of love that is our modern preoccupation.
Item Description:Reprint. Originally published: Boston : Beacon Press, ©1997
Physical Description:165 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:9780374538262
0374538263