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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.

Produktbeschreibung
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.
Autorenporträt
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).