| Reporting the Universe Contributor(s): Doctorow, E. L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0674016289 ISBN-13: 9780674016286 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $30.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2004 Annotation:
"The writer," according to Emerson, "believes all that can be thought can be written...In his eyes a man is the faculty of reporting, and the universe is the possibility of being reported." And what writer worth his name, E. L. Doctorow asks, will not seriously, however furtively, take on the universe? Human consciousness, personal history, American literature, religion, and politics--these are the far-flung coordinates of the universe that Doctorow reports here, a universe that uniquely and brilliantly reflects our contemporary scene. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2002032742 |
| Series: William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in the History of American Civilization (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.33" H x 5.22" W x 7.1" (0.36 lbs) 144 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The writer, according to Emerson, believes all that can be thought can be written...In his eyes a man is the faculty of reporting, and the universe is the possibility of being reported. And what writer worth his name, E. L. Doctorow asks, will not seriously, however furtively, take on the universe? Human consciousness, personal history, American literature, religion, and politics--these are the far-flung coordinates of the universe that Doctorow reports here, a universe that uniquely and brilliantly reflects our contemporary scene. |
Contributor Bio(s): Doctorow, E. L.: - E. L. Doctorow held the Glucksman Chair in American and English Letters at New York University. |