William H. Gass (1924–2017)
Autore di The Tunnel
Sull'Autore
William Howard Gass was born in Fargo, North Dakota on July 30, 1924. During World War II, he served as an ensign in the Navy. He received an A.B. in philosophy from Kenyon College in 1947 and a PhD in philosophy from Cornell University in 1954. He taught at several universities including The mostra altro College of Wooster, Purdue University, and Washington University in St. Louis. He wrote novels, collections of short stories and novellas, and collections of criticism. His novels included Omensetter's Luck, Middle C, and The Tunnel, which received the American Book Award. His other works of fiction included In the Heart of the Heart of the Country, Willie Master's Lonesome Wife, Cartesian Sonata and Other Novellas, and Eyes: Novellas and Stories. His collections of criticism included Tests of Time; A Temple of Texts, which won the 2007 Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism; and Habitations of the Word and Finding a Form, which both won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism. His essay collections included Fiction and the Figures of Life, The World Within the Word, and Reading Rilke. He died from congestive heart failure on December 6, 2017 at the age of 93. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Joyce Ravid
Opere di William H. Gass
Conversations with William H. Gass (Literary Conversations Series) (1980) — Collaboratore — 16 copie
The Dual Muse: The Writer as Artist, The Artist as Writer: Catalogue of the Exhibition. Introduction by Cornelia… (1997) 2 copie
Other Aliens (Conjunctions) 1 copia
Bed And Breakfast 1 copia
The Master of Secret Revenges 1 copia
Learning to Talk 1 copia
Opere correlate
For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most (1999) — Collaboratore — 452 copie
Still Wild: Short Fiction of the American West 1950 to the Present (2000) — Collaboratore — 136 copie
The Glorious American Essay: One Hundred Essays from Colonial Times to the Present (2020) — Collaboratore — 83 copie
Who's Writing This? Notations on the Authorial I, with Self-Portraits {not Antæus} (1995) — Collaboratore — 72 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Gass, William H.
- Nome legale
- Gass, William Howard
- Data di nascita
- 1924-07-30
- Data di morte
- 2017-12-06
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Fargo, North Dakota, USA
- Luogo di morte
- University City, Missouri, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Warren, Ohio, USA
- Istruzione
- Ohio Wesleyan University
Kenyon College (BA|1947 - Philosophy)
Cornell University (PhD|1954 - Philosophy)
Warren G. Harding High School - Attività lavorative
- distinguished professor
novelist
short story writer
essayist
critic - Relazioni
- Gass, Mary (wife)
- Organizzazioni
- Washington University in St. Louis
Purdue University
College of Wooster
United States Navy (WWII) - Premi e riconoscimenti
- PEN/Nabokov Award (2000)
Lannan Lifetime Achievement Award (1997)
Pushcart Prize (1976, 1983, 1987, 1992)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature, 1975)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1982)
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters (1983) (mostra tutto 7)
National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism (1985, 1996, 2002)
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Recensioni
TEMPLE OF TEXTS, A (American Literature Series)… di William H. Gass
A collection of critical essays authored by the unwavering William Gass. The essays examine the writers and publications that influenced his growth. This reading list would serve as a solid starting point for anyone who enjoys reading.
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Abandoned at page 99. Give me [b:Ducks, Newburyport|43412920|Ducks, Newburyport|Lucy Ellmann|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1546225252l/43412920._SX50_.jpg|67454703] any day. Give me the stream of consciousness of an ordinary Ohio woman over the stream of consciousness of a morally deficient professor inordinately focused on genitalia any day. It's pretty boring.
"ON BEING BLUE has been composed by Michael & Winifred Bixler. The typeface is Monotype Dante, designed by the archtypographer Giovanni Mardersteig, cut in its original version by the skilled punchcutter Charles Malin and first used in 1954. The mechanical recutting by the Monotype Corporation of this strong and elegant Renaissance design preserves the liveliness, personality, and dignity of the original. The third printing has been printed offset by Mercantile Printing Company on Warren's Olde Style and has been bound by New Hampshire Bindery."… (altro)
William H. Gass was an incredibly talented writer. And, "Middle C" presents ample evidence of his skill. His prose is smart and his style is as good as it gets. My beef with "Middle C" has nothing to do with these obvious skills. My disappointment is with the novel's concept. What is the book actually about? One reviewer described it as a portrait of mediocrity. Really? Did we need that? I guess we're presented with a masterful (albeit lengthy) paean to mediocrity! Wonderful!
I think there are a small group of authors who have incredible talent but are at a loss as to what to do with it. Enormous talent unmatched by equivalent inspiration. But thats my uninspired and likely equally untalented opinion.… (altro)
I think there are a small group of authors who have incredible talent but are at a loss as to what to do with it. Enormous talent unmatched by equivalent inspiration. But thats my uninspired and likely equally untalented opinion.… (altro)
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- Opere
- 44
- Opere correlate
- 37
- Utenti
- 5,859
- Popolarità
- #4,211
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 65
- ISBN
- 113
- Lingue
- 8
- Preferito da
- 30
