1989, ISBN: 0394574281

Gebundene Ausgabe

[EAN: 9780394574288], Near Fine, [SC: 64.05], [PU: Alfred A Knopf, New York], BIOGRAPHY, Jacket, xxvi+386 pages with bibliography and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter beige cloth with silver lettering to spine over red boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. In this fresh and provocative approach to the reading of autobiography, Herbert Leibowitz explores the self-portraits of eight Americans whose lives span almost two centuries and encompass a stunning range of personality and circumstances: Benjamin Franklin, Louis Sullivan, Jane Addams, Emma Goldman, Gertrude Stein, William Carlos Williams, Richard Wright, and Edward Dahlberg. In pursuit of clues to both the human essence and the literary artifice of each, he examines their styles (Franklin s plain talk and possum s wit, Sullivan s gilded abstractions, Stein s gossipy ventriloquism, Williams s grumpy clowning and foxy innocence), their metaphors, and their choices of incident, looking beyond their visions of themselves to their true identities. Condition: Near fine in like jacket., Books

1989, ISBN: 9780394574288

xxvi+386 pages with bibliography and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter beige cloth with silver lettering to spine over red boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. In this fresh and provocative approach to the reading of autobiography, Herbert Leibowitz explores the self-portraits of eight Americans whose lives span almost two centuries and encompass a stunning range of personality and circumstances: Benjamin Franklin, Louis Sullivan, Jane Addams, Emma Goldman, Gertrude Stein, William Carlos Williams, Richard Wright, and Edward Dahlberg. In pursuit of clues to both the human essence and the literary artifice of each, he examines their styles (Franklin s plain talk and possum s wit, Sullivan s gilded abstractions, Stein s gossipy ventriloquism, Williams s grumpy clowning and foxy innocence), their metaphors, and their choices of incident, looking beyond their visions of themselves to their true identities. Condition: Near fine in like jacket., Alfred A Knopf, 1989, 4

1989, ISBN: 0394574281

Gebundene Ausgabe

[EAN: 9780394574288], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Alfred A. Knopf, New York], BIOGRAPHY, BIO, BIOGRAPHICAL, STUDY, STUDIES, LIFE, WORK, INFLUENCE, SIGNIFICANCE, HISTORY, HISTORICAL, MEMOIRS, NARRATIVE, PORTRAIT, PROFILE, FABRICATIONS, EXAGERRATION, CELEBRITIES, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, ANALYSIS, CRITICAL, CRITIQUE, Jacket, Some light dust jacket wear; a very nice copy of book. A critical analysis on American autobiographies. 385 pages., Books

1989, ISBN: 0394574281

[EAN: 9780394574288], usado, muito bom estado, [SC: 64.05], [PU: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group], Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less, Books

ISBN: 9780394574288

Hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items., 2.5