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Table of Contents:
Introduction 1. "Stop Player. Joke No. 4" (1951) 2. Agape Agape: The Secret History of the Player Piano (early 1960s) 3. Treatment for a Motion Picture on "Software" (early 1960s) 4. Cover Illustrations from the Corporate Writings (A Selection) The Growth of American Industry (For the National Association of Manufacturers) Educational Technology Shapes the Future... Are You Ready? (For the Eastman Kodak Company) Answers to Cancer (For General Motors/Western Electric) 5. In the Zone (1978) 6. The Rush for Second Place (1981) 7. J R Up to Date (1987) 8. An Instinct for the Dangerous Wife (Review of More Die of Heartbreak by Saul Bellow, 1987) 9. Erewhon and the Contract with America (1995) 10. Old Foes with New Faces (1995) 11. Occasional Writings This Above All (1990) J. Danforth Quayle (1992) On Creative Writing and the National Endowment for the Arts (1994) 12. Speeches On Receiving the National Book Award for J R (1975) How Does the State Imagine? The Willing Suspension of Disbelief (1986) On Receiving the National Book Award for A Frolic of His Own 13. Tributes Dostoevski (1996) Mothers (1996) Julian Schnabel (1998) Appendix: Summary Notes on the Work in Progress (early 1960s) Player Piano Chronology to 1929 Index

About the Author :
William Gaddis (1922-1998) was a master of the American novel who was frequently compared with Joyce, Nabokov, and Pynchon. Two of his novels, J R and A Frolic of His Own, won the National Book Award. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the recipient of a MacArthur Prize. Joseph Tabbi was the first scholar to be given access to the Gaddis archives. He conducts research in American literature and new media writing at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Joseph Tabbi was the first scholar to be given access to the Gaddis archives. He conducts research in American literature and new media writing at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Review :
"Sometimes dense, but always discerning: essential for Gaddis fans and those seeking an offbeat critique of American civilization." -- Kirkus Reviews "Gaddis (1922–1998) was a fact-checker at the New Yorker and a corporate speech-writer before coming to prominence, but published very little essay-based work. Editor Joseph Tabbi here collects 29 short and occasional pieces, some left in manuscript at the time of Gaddis's death, others admiring encomiums to Saul Bellow or Julian Schnabel, all of which, as he notes, "create a sense of the environment in which Gaddis worked." -- Publishers Weekly


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  • ISBN-13: 9780142002384
  • Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Penguin USA
  • Height: 193 mm
  • No of Pages: 208
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Essays and Occasional Writings
  • Width: 129 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0142002380
  • Publisher Date: 01 Oct 2002
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 14 mm
  • Weight: 170 gr


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