Baker and Gibson show that while Vidal's novels are tremendously entertaining, they are also serious examinations of a recurring themeâ the decline of the West in general and the decline of the United States in particular. A biographical sketch of the writer precedes a general discussion of Vidal's early novels.
Baker and Gibson show that while Vidal's novels are tremendously entertaining, they are also serious examinations of a recurring themeâ the decline of the West in general and the decline of the United States in particular. A biographical sketch of the writer precedes a general discussion of Vidal's early novels.
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Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers
SUSAN BAKER is Professor of English at the University of Nevada in Reno. She is coeditor (with Dorothea Kehler) of In Another Country: Feminist Perspectives on Renaissance Drama (1991) and is completing a book-length study of Shakespeare in detective fiction. CURTIS S. GIBSON, her husband, is a nonacademic enthusiast of Gore Vidal's work. Both Baker and Gibson have essays forthcoming in St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers (4th Edition).
Inhaltsangabe
Series Foreword by Kathleen Gregory Klein The Life of Gore Vidal Genre and the Early Novels of Vidal Vidal's Historical Novels: An Introduction Julian (1964) Creation (1981) The "American Chronicles": An Introduction Burr (1973) Lincoln (1984) 1876 (1976) and Empire (1987) Hollywood (1990) Washington, D.C. (1967) Vidal's Inventions: An Introduction Two Sisters (1970), Myra Breckinridge (1968), and Myron (1974) Kalki (1978) Duluth (1983) Live from Golgotha (1992) Bibliography Index
Series Foreword by Kathleen Gregory Klein The Life of Gore Vidal Genre and the Early Novels of Vidal Vidal's Historical Novels: An Introduction Julian (1964) Creation (1981) The "American Chronicles": An Introduction Burr (1973) Lincoln (1984) 1876 (1976) and Empire (1987) Hollywood (1990) Washington, D.C. (1967) Vidal's Inventions: An Introduction Two Sisters (1970), Myra Breckinridge (1968), and Myron (1974) Kalki (1978) Duluth (1983) Live from Golgotha (1992) Bibliography Index
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