Sacred monsters / Edmund White.
| Author/creator | White, Edmund author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First Magnus books edition. |
| Publication | New York : Magnus Books, 2011. |
| Copyright Date | ©2011 |
| Description | xiii, 255 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Sample text |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The Bronze Age: Auguste Rodin -- The house of Edith: Edith Wharton -- The strange charms of John Cheever -- The loves of the falcon: Glenway Wescott -- The lineaments of desire: David Hockney -- The consolations of art: Marcel Proust -- The panorama of Ford Madox Ford -- Sweating mirrors: Truman Capote -- Beat memories -- In love with Duras: Marguerite Duras -- Concerning E.M. Forster -- A love tormented but triumphant: Christopher Isherwood -- More lad than bad: Martin Amis -- Notebooks of Tennessee Williams -- The making of John Rechy -- Portrait of a sissy: Howard Sturgis -- Robert Mapplethorpe -- The desert of solitude: Paul Bowles -- A different person: James Merrill -- Sensual in the South: Reynolds Price -- Sons and brothers: Henry James -- Nobokov's passion. |
| Abstract | "Named by novelist John Irving as "one of the best writers of my generation," Edmund White is one of our most celebrated novelists. He is also a brilliant journalist and cultural commentator on the arts. In Sacred Monsters, White collects more than twenty of his most recent writings on legendary figures from the worlds of art and literature, including John Cheever, Edith Wharton, David Hockney, Truman Capote, Auguste Rodin, Christopher Isherwood, Robert Mapplethorpe, Martin Amis, E.M. Forster, Tennessee Williams, The Beats, Glenway Westcott, Vladimir Nabokov, James Merrill, Marguerite Duras, John Rechy, Henry James, Paul Bowles, Ford Madox Ford, Reynolds Price, Howard Sturgis, and Marcel Proust. Filled with wit, erudition, and charm, White's writing manages to entertain as it enlightens readers."--Jacket. |
| General note | The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. |
| Genre/form | essays. |
| Genre/form | Essays. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Essays. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Essais. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| LCCN | 2011278177 |
| ISBN | 9781936833115 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 1936833115 (hbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PN452 .W49 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |