Gass, William H.,  1924-2017 <br/><br/>
The world within the word :  essays / 
by William H. Gass. 
 - First edition. 
 - 341 pages ;  22 cm 
 - A Borzoi book .
<br/><br/> "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> The doomed in their sinking --  Malcolm Lowry --  Wisconsin death trip --  Mr. Blotner, Mr. Feaster, and Mr. Faulkner --  Gertrude Stein and the geography of the sentence --  Three photos of Colette --  Proust at 100 --  Paul Valéry --  Sartre on theater --  Upright among staring fish --  The anatomy of mind --  Food and beast language --  Groping for trouts --  Carrots, noses, snow, rose, roses --  The ontology of the sentence, or How to make a world of words. 
<br/><br/> "In this sequel to Fiction & the Figures of Life ... [Gass] examines literature, culture, writers (their lives and works), and the nature and uses of language and the written word. Included are discussions of Valéry, Henry Miller, Sartre, Freud, Faulkner, suicide, 'art and order,' and the transformation of language into poetry and fiction"--From GoodReads website, viewed December 19, 2023. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0394408098 9780394408095 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb35444392v  uri 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>77090933  
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>791524361  can 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>(AMICUS)000000184040 013840857  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Literature, Modern--History and criticism<br/>Literary style
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Essays<br/>Literary criticism
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN511  / .G3772 1978