Readings / Sven Birkerts.
| Author/creator | Birkerts, Sven |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | St. Paul, Minn. : Graywolf Press, ©1999. |
| Description | 263 pages ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The millenial warp -- American nostalgias -- Sense and semblance: the implications of virtuality -- The idea of the Internet -- Walking after midnight -- Only god can make a tree -- Reflections of a nonpolitical man; or, Why I can't in good conscience write about Noam Chomsky -- An open invitation to extraterrestrials -- Biography and the dissolving self -- The grasshopper on the windowsill -- States of reading -- Against the current -- Reading and depth of field -- Docufiction -- "Poetry" and "Politics" -- Running out of gas -- Second thoughts -- This year's canon -- When lightning strikes -- On a stanza by John Keats -- Rainer Maria Rilke -- Robert Lowell -- Seamus Heaney -- Atmospheres of identity: Elizabeth Bishop -- The leaning umbrella: a reflection on Flaubert -- A Gatsby for today -- Jack Kerouac -- Destinies of character -- Don DeLillo's Underworld. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| LCCN | 98084453 |
| ISBN | 1555972837 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PN771 .B475 1999 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |