Good Boys and Dead Girls
And Other Essays
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Drama, Anthologies, Fiction & Literature, Essays & Letters, Essays, Literary Theory & Criticism
| Author: | Mary Gordon | ISBN: | 9781480414754 |
| Publisher: | Open Road Media | Publication: | August 6, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Open Road Media | Language: | English |
| Author: | Mary Gordon |
| ISBN: | 9781480414754 |
| Publisher: | Open Road Media |
| Publication: | August 6, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Open Road Media |
| Language: | English |
A collection of dazzling and thought-provoking essays from lauded author Mary Gordon
Much acclaimed for her novels, Mary Gordon is also a brilliant and wide-ranging essayist. Gathering together twenty-eight of her forays into nonfiction, Good Boys and Dead Girls provides a richly autobiographical context for the themes that mark her fiction, such as Irish-American life, Catholicism, embattled families, and the redeeming power of art. Many of the pieces offer insights into artists and other writers: There are admiring accounts of Edith Wharton, Stevie Smith, and Ford Madox Ford, and a piquant critique of the depiction of women by certain celebrated male novelists. Whatever the topic at hand, Gordon proves lively and illuminating company.
A collection of dazzling and thought-provoking essays from lauded author Mary Gordon
Much acclaimed for her novels, Mary Gordon is also a brilliant and wide-ranging essayist. Gathering together twenty-eight of her forays into nonfiction, Good Boys and Dead Girls provides a richly autobiographical context for the themes that mark her fiction, such as Irish-American life, Catholicism, embattled families, and the redeeming power of art. Many of the pieces offer insights into artists and other writers: There are admiring accounts of Edith Wharton, Stevie Smith, and Ford Madox Ford, and a piquant critique of the depiction of women by certain celebrated male novelists. Whatever the topic at hand, Gordon proves lively and illuminating company.
