The cultural rate of exchange cheats both sides of the Atlantic, leaving first-rate Eu ropean writers unknown in America, ex cellent American authors unread outside their native shores. Through these 13 essays by European critics, Ch???netier seeks to remedy this, to encourage the cultural exchange between American and European writers. The au thors discussed are living innovators, the critics contemporary and diverse. The es sayists were asked to write as idiosyncratic a piece as they could think of, to do it with no ...
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The cultural rate of exchange cheats both sides of the Atlantic, leaving first-rate Eu ropean writers unknown in America, ex cellent American authors unread outside their native shores. Through these 13 essays by European critics, Ch???netier seeks to remedy this, to encourage the cultural exchange between American and European writers. The au thors discussed are living innovators, the critics contemporary and diverse. The es sayists were asked to write as idiosyncratic a piece as they could think of, to do it with no holds barred, to indulge their particular critical manias or preferences, and to do so on the subject of their choice." The book is divided into two parts, Part 1 providing a general European view of American literature today. The essays in Part 2 focus on individual au thors--Walker Percy, William Gaddis and Gilbert Sorrentino, Nabokov and Balthus, Guy Davenport, Donald Bar thelme, Raymond Carver, David Mamet, and Sam Shepard.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall 251pp. Very light bumping to top corner of front board. Ex Libris sticker on first free endpaper. DJ has very light rubbing to extremities. Signed with gift inscription by the author.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. First edition. Fine in very good dust jacket. Dustwrapper rubbed with light wear, as is black. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
