Habitations of the word : essays /
Gass, William H., 1924-
Habitations of the word : essays / William H. Gass. - New York : Simon and Schuster, c1985. - 288 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Emerson and the essay -- The neglect of Ford Madox Ford's Fifth queen -- Representation and the war for reality -- The soul inside the sentence -- Tropes of the text -- "And" -- Culture, self, and style -- On talking to oneself -- On reading to oneself -- The origin of extermination in the imagination -- The habitations of the word -- The death of the author.
0671527266
84022917
PS3557.A845 / H3 1985
814/.54
Habitations of the word : essays / William H. Gass. - New York : Simon and Schuster, c1985. - 288 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Emerson and the essay -- The neglect of Ford Madox Ford's Fifth queen -- Representation and the war for reality -- The soul inside the sentence -- Tropes of the text -- "And" -- Culture, self, and style -- On talking to oneself -- On reading to oneself -- The origin of extermination in the imagination -- The habitations of the word -- The death of the author.
0671527266
84022917
PS3557.A845 / H3 1985
814/.54