The uncollected essays of Elizabeth Hardwick / edited [and introduced] by Alex Andriesse.
| Author/creator | Hardwick, Elizabeth author. |
| Other author | Andriesse, Alex, editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York : New York Review Books, 2022. |
| Description | xii, 283 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | New York Review Books classics New York Review Books classics. ^A527571 |
| Contents | Introduction -- The art of the essay -- Places, people, things -- New York City: Crash course - Lexington, Kentucky -- Puritanical pleasures -- The émigré -- Balanchine -- Faye Dunaway -- Knowing Sontag -- Katherine Anne -- Things -- Piety and politics -- Elections -- Mr. America -- Piety and politics -- The Kennedy scandals -- The Menendez show -- Family values -- Head over heels -- On behalf of the unborn -- Feminine principle -- The American woman as snow queen -- The feminine principle -- Women re women -- The ties women cannot shake, and have -- Is the "equal" woman more vulnerable -- Suicide and women -- When to cast out, give up, let go -- Readings -- On reading the writings of women -- Reading -- Southern literature: The cultural assumptions of regionalism -- Musings -- Basic Englishing -- Parsifal -- The eternal heartbreak -- The heart of the seasons -- Notes on Leonardo and the future of the past -- Grits soufflé -- Christmas past. |
| Contents | Introduction -- The art of the essay -- Places, people, things -- Piety and politics -- Feminine principle -- Readings -- Musings. |
| Abstract | "The Uncollected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick is a companion collection to The Collected Essays. The Collected Essays proved a revelation of what, for many, had been an open secret: that Elizabeth Hardwick was one of the great American literary critics, and an extraordinary stylist in her own right. The essays inThe Uncollected Essays, none previously featured in volumes of Hardwick's work, makes it clear that her powers as an essayist extended far beyond literary criticism, as she brings an admirable intensity of attention to host of subjects, from New York City to Faye Dunaway, Wagner's Parsifal t o Leonardo da Vinci's inventions, of the pleasures of summertime or grits soufflé. In the thirty-five essays Alex Andriess has gathered here, we see Hardwick's passion for people and places, her politics, her thoughts on feminism, and her ability, especially from the 1970s on, to write well about seemingly anything"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-283). |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Hardwick, Elizabeth, 1916- Uncollected essays of Elizabeth Hardwick New York : New York Review Books, 2022 9781681376240 |
| Genre/form | essays. |
| Genre/form | Essays. |
| Genre/form | Essays. |
| Genre/form | Essais. |
| LCCN | 2021027768 |
| ISBN | 9781681376233 (softcover ; acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 1681376237 |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS3515 .A5672 U53 2022 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |