Books are not life but then what is? / 'Marvin Mudrick ; with an new introduction by Jervey Tervalon.
| Author/creator | Mudrick, Marvin |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Great Barrington, Massachusetts : Berkshire Publishing Group, [2018] |
| Description | xii, 241 pages : 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | I. People: just like you and me -- The Emperor of China -- Su cosa mi cosa; or, Busy busy busy -- The offending member -- The entertainer -- I don't care what mama don't allow -- Pushkin in English -- The ugly duck -- Father knows best -- Portnoy's bachelor uncle -- Aged eagles and dirty old men -- Issues and answers: or, If you've tried it don't knock it -- The smell of martality -- II. Scholars: the soft recesses of uneasy minds -- The blind men and the elephant -- Stone-deaf theologians -- III. Operators: if they don't like it here why don't they go back where they came from? -- Adorable ideas and absent plenitudes -- Mad dogs and anglo shrinks -- A thrust in the hand is worth two in the bush -- IV. Books in bunches: the fox and the grapes -- Old pros with news from nowhere -- Fiction and truth -- V. Four ways of looking: books are not life but then what is? -- Chamber of horrors -- Good and proper (I) -- Good and proper (II) -- Mrs. Harris and the hend of all things. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Other edition issued | Reproduction of (manifestation): Mudrick, Marvin. Books are not life but then what is? New York : Oxford University Press, 1979 0195025083 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2016052056 |
| ISBN | 9781614720270 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |