Getting Personal: Selected Essays - Brossura

Lopate, Philip

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0465041744 ISBN 13: 9780465041749

Casa editrice: Perseus, 2004

Riassunto

From the man whose name is synonymous with the contemporary personal essay, Getting Personal is a rich and ambitious collection that spans Phillip Lopate's career as an essayist, teacher, film critic, father, son, and husband. Witty, insightful, deeply meditative, and self-revelatory, with his characteristic candour and curmudgeonly charm, he explores himself, his life, his family, his religion, and his friends.

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L'autore:

Currently the John Cranford Adams Chair of the English Department at Hofstra University, Phillip Lopate is the author of five works of nonfiction, two novels, and two books of poems, as well as serving as editor of the best-selling collections Writing New York and The Art of the Personal Essay. The recipient of two Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Arts grants, he lives in Brooklyn with his wife and daughter.

Product Description:

From the master of the form, Phillip Lopate, a selection of essays that together trace the arc of his life and career From the man whose name is synonymous with the contemporary personal essay, Getting Personal is a rich and ambitious collection that spans Phillip Lopate's career as an essayist, teacher, film critic, father, son, and husband. Witty, insightful, deeply meditative, and self-revelatory, with his characteristic candour and curmudgeonly charm, he explores himself, his life, his family, his religion, and his friends.

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• Editore: Perseus
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0465041744
• ISBN 13: 9780465041749
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 412