TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gass,William H.
TI  - The world within the word: essays 
T2  - A Borzoi book
SN  - 0394408098
AV  - PN511 .G3772 1978
PY  - 1978///
CY  - New York
PB  - Alfred A. Knopf
KW  - Literature, Modern
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Literary style
KW  - Essays
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Literary criticism
N1  - "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso; BIB; 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
N2  - "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
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