Wayne Koestenbaum
Autore di The Queen's Throat: Opera, Homosexuality, and the Mystery of Desire
Sull'Autore
He is professor of English at the Graduate Center of the city University of New York & lives in New York City. (Bowker Author Biography)
Fonte dell'immagine: Photo by David Shankbone, from Wikipedia
Opere di Wayne Koestenbaum
Ultramarine Nightboat 1 copia
Peter Halley 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Glorious American Essay: One Hundred Essays from Colonial Times to the Present (2020) — Collaboratore — 83 copie
Significant Objects: 100 Extraordinary Stories about Ordinary Things (2012) — Collaboratore — 57 copie
The Collected Poems: A Dual-Language Edition with Parallel Text (2013) — Traduttore, alcune edizioni — 56 copie
Take My Advice: Letters to the Next Generation from People Who Know a Thing or Two (2002) — Collaboratore — 45 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1958-09-20
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Nazione (per mappa)
- USA
- Luogo di residenza
- New York, New York, USA
- Istruzione
- Princeton University (PhD)
- Attività lavorative
- academic
critic
poet - Organizzazioni
- City University of New York Graduate Center
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Distinguished Professor of English
Whiting Writers' Award (1994)
Utenti
Recensioni
My 1980s and Other Essays di Wayne Koestenbaum
read only bits incl. chapter on Lana Turner.
More a poem than a novel. Really nice turns of phrase and a unique subject trapped in a crappy story about nothing told by a narrator who we have no reason to root for. The only emotional channel into Theo is his choice of pieces for the Aigues-Mortes program.
Koestenbaum veers wildly from incredible insight on Warhol's life, work, and career to tedious intellectual wankery -- often two or three times in the course of a page. Sometimes it's fascinating, and sometimes you can do nothing but roll your eyes.
Definitely worth reading, but I'd highly recommend reading Bockris' Warhol bio first. That one supplies the facts; this one emphasizes theory (and Koestenbaum's personal reaction to Warhol). Don't turn to this first as a comprehensive (or even brief but complete) Warhol bio.… (altro)
Definitely worth reading, but I'd highly recommend reading Bockris' Warhol bio first. That one supplies the facts; this one emphasizes theory (and Koestenbaum's personal reaction to Warhol). Don't turn to this first as a comprehensive (or even brief but complete) Warhol bio.… (altro)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 34
- Opere correlate
- 17
- Utenti
- 1,178
- Popolarità
- #21,826
- Voto
- 3.5
- Recensioni
- 17
- ISBN
- 77
- Lingue
- 5
- Preferito da
- 2