Writing Was Everything
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Books & Reading, Biography & Memoir, Literary
| Author: | Alfred Kazin | ISBN: | 9780674417410 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | April 1, 1999 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Alfred Kazin |
| ISBN: | 9780674417410 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | April 1, 1999 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
A deft blend of autobiography, history, and criticism, Writing Was Everything emerges as a reaffirmation of literature in an age of deconstruction and critical dogma. It stands as clear testimony to Kazin's belief that "literature is not theory but, at best, the value we can give to our experience, which in our century has been and remains beyond the imagination of mankind."
A deft blend of autobiography, history, and criticism, Writing Was Everything emerges as a reaffirmation of literature in an age of deconstruction and critical dogma. It stands as clear testimony to Kazin's belief that "literature is not theory but, at best, the value we can give to our experience, which in our century has been and remains beyond the imagination of mankind."
