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Author:

Gass, William H , 1924-

Title:

Habitations of the word : essays / William H. Gass.

Publisher:

Simon and Schuster,

Copyright Date:

c1985

Description:

288 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Emerson and the essay -- The neglect of Ford Madox Ford's Fifth queen -- Representation and the war for reality -- The soul inside the sentence -- Tropes of the text -- "And" -- Culture, self, and style -- On talking to oneself -- On reading to oneself -- The origin of extermination in the imagination -- The habitations of the word -- The death of the author.

ISBN:

9780671527266
0671527266

LCCN:

84022917

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)