William H. Gass (1924–2017)
Autor(a) de The Tunnel
About the Author
William Howard Gass was born in Fargo, North Dakota on July 30, 1924. During World War II, he served as an ensign in the Navy. He received an A.B. in philosophy from Kenyon College in 1947 and a PhD in philosophy from Cornell University in 1954. He taught at several universities including The mostrar mais College of Wooster, Purdue University, and Washington University in St. Louis. He wrote novels, collections of short stories and novellas, and collections of criticism. His novels included Omensetter's Luck, Middle C, and The Tunnel, which received the American Book Award. His other works of fiction included In the Heart of the Heart of the Country, Willie Master's Lonesome Wife, Cartesian Sonata and Other Novellas, and Eyes: Novellas and Stories. His collections of criticism included Tests of Time; A Temple of Texts, which won the 2007 Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism; and Habitations of the Word and Finding a Form, which both won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism. His essay collections included Fiction and the Figures of Life, The World Within the Word, and Reading Rilke. He died from congestive heart failure on December 6, 2017 at the age of 93. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras por William H. Gass
Conversations with William H. Gass (Literary Conversations Series) (1980) — Contribuidor — 16 exemplares
The First Winter of My Married Life 5 exemplares
Fifty Literary Pillars : A Temple of Texts: An Exhibition to Inaugurate the International Writers Center 3 exemplares
The Dual Muse: The Writer as Artist, The Artist as Writer: Catalogue of the Exhibition. Introduction by Cornelia… (1997) 2 exemplares
Book as a Container of Consciousness, The 1 exemplar
"La vie treshorrific: Rabelais Revisited" 1 exemplar
Other Aliens (Conjunctions) 1 exemplar
Bed And Breakfast 1 exemplar
The Master of Secret Revenges 1 exemplar
Emma Enters a Sentence of Elizabeth Bishop's 1 exemplar
Learning to Talk 1 exemplar
Associated Works
For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most (1999) — Contribuidor — 452 exemplares
Still Wild: Short Fiction of the American West 1950 to the Present (2000) — Contribuidor — 136 exemplares
The Glorious American Essay: One Hundred Essays from Colonial Times to the Present (2020) — Contribuidor — 83 exemplares
Who's Writing This? Notations on the Authorial I, with Self-Portraits {not Antæus} (1995) — Contribuidor — 72 exemplares
The Writer's Brush: Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture by Writers (2006) — Contribuidor — 41 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Gass, William H.
- Nome legal
- Gass, William Howard
- Data de nascimento
- 1924-07-30
- Data de falecimento
- 2017-12-06
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Fargo, North Dakota, USA
- Local de falecimento
- University City, Missouri, USA
- Locais de residência
- Warren, Ohio, USA
- Educação
- Ohio Wesleyan University
Kenyon College (BA|1947 - Philosophy)
Cornell University (PhD|1954 - Philosophy)
Warren G. Harding High School - Ocupações
- distinguished professor
novelist
short story writer
essayist
critic - Relações
- Gass, Mary (wife)
- Organizações
- Washington University in St. Louis
Purdue University
College of Wooster
United States Navy (WWII) - Prémios e menções honrosas
- PEN/Nabokov Award (2000)
Lannan Lifetime Achievement Award (1997)
Pushcart Prize (1976, 1983, 1987, 1992)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature, 1975)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1982)
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters (1983) (mostrar todos 7)
National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism (1985, 1996, 2002)
Membros
Críticas
The Tunnel por William H. Gass
Abandoned at page 99. Give me [b:Ducks, Newburyport|43412920|Ducks, Newburyport|Lucy Ellmann|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1546225252l/43412920._SX50_.jpg|67454703] any day. Give me the stream of consciousness of an ordinary Ohio woman over the stream of consciousness of a morally deficient professor inordinately focused on genitalia any day. It's pretty boring.
"ON BEING BLUE has been composed by Michael & Winifred Bixler. The typeface is Monotype Dante, designed by the archtypographer Giovanni Mardersteig, cut in its original version by the skilled punchcutter Charles Malin and first used in 1954. The mechanical recutting by the Monotype Corporation of this strong and elegant Renaissance design preserves the liveliness, personality, and dignity of the original. The third printing has been printed offset by Mercantile Printing Company on Warren's Olde Style and has been bound by New Hampshire Bindery."… (mais)
William H. Gass was an incredibly talented writer. And, "Middle C" presents ample evidence of his skill. His prose is smart and his style is as good as it gets. My beef with "Middle C" has nothing to do with these obvious skills. My disappointment is with the novel's concept. What is the book actually about? One reviewer described it as a portrait of mediocrity. Really? Did we need that? I guess we're presented with a masterful (albeit lengthy) paean to mediocrity! Wonderful!
I think there are a small group of authors who have incredible talent but are at a loss as to what to do with it. Enormous talent unmatched by equivalent inspiration. But thats my uninspired and likely equally untalented opinion.… (mais)
I think there are a small group of authors who have incredible talent but are at a loss as to what to do with it. Enormous talent unmatched by equivalent inspiration. But thats my uninspired and likely equally untalented opinion.… (mais)
This is a collection of essays on the reading life by one of the great readers, critic, and commentator on culture. The variety and breadth of his writing is evident on every page.
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 44
- Also by
- 37
- Membros
- 5,856
- Popularidade
- #4,214
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Críticas
- 64
- ISBN
- 113
- Línguas
- 8
- Marcado como favorito
- 30
