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1 online resource |
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Table of Contents ; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Shirley Hazzard-Author, Amateur, Intellectual, by Brigitta Olubas; Part I. Through Literature Itself; We Need Silence to Find Out What We Think; The Lonely Word; Part II. The Expressive Word; A Mind Like a Blade: Review of Muriel Spark, Collected Stories I and The Public Image; Review of Jean Rhys, Quartet; The Lasting Sickness of Naples: Review of Matilde Serao, Il Ventre di Napoli; The New Novel by the New Nobel Prize Winner: Review of Patrick White, The Eye of the Storm |
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Ordinary People: Review of Barbara Pym, Quartet in Autumn and Excellent WomenTranslating Proust; Introduction to Geoffrey Scott's The Portrait of Zélide; Introduction to Iris Origo's Leopardi: A Study in Solitude; William Maxwell; Part III. Public Themes; The Patron Saint of the UN is Pontius Pilate; "Gulag" and the Men of Peace; The United Nations: Where Governments Go to Church; The League of Frightened Men: Why the UN is So Useless; UNhelpful: Waldheim's Latest Debacle; A Writer's Reflections on the Nuclear Age; Part IV. The Great Occasion; Canton More Far; Papyrology at Naples |
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The Tuscan in Each of UsPart V. Last Words; 2003 National Book Award Acceptance; The New York Society Library Discussion, September 2012; Notes; Index |
| Summary |
Shirley Hazzard's nonfiction works spanning from the 1960s to the 2000s contribute to a keener understanding of postwar letters, thought, and politics, supported by an introduction that situates Hazzard's writing within its historical context and emphasizes her influence on world literature. This collection confirms Hazzard's place within a network of writers, artists, and intellectuals who believe in the ongoing power of literature to console, inspire, and direct human life, despite--or maybe because of--the world's disheartening realities |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 28, 2015) |
| Subject |
English essays -- 20th century.
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English essays -- 21st century
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LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- Essays.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Human Rights.
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English essays
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| Genre/Form |
Essays
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Essays.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Olubas, Brigitta, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780231540797 |
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0231540795 |
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0231173261 |
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9780231173261 |
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