| Description |
xviii, 244 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-231) and index. |
| Note |
Essays. |
| Contents |
On cryptography (October 1944) -- On alcoholics anonymous (November 1944) -- On fifteen years of lent (January 1945) -- On soldiers and civilians (February 1945) -- On how to cook a wolf (March 1945) -- On how to be a spy (April 1945) -- On psychiatry (May 1945) -- On balletomania (June 1945) -- On books from prison (September 1945) -- On cemeteries (October-November 1945) -- On a call to Paris (March 1946) -- On the importance of dying young (April 1946) -- On Chicago (August 1946) -- On operas and operating (December 1946) -- On men and their feathers (January 1947) -- On Gertrude Stein (February 1947) -- On little white ribbons (March 1947) -- On being musclebound (April 1947) -- On teaching (November 1947) -- On fabulous, fabulous field's (January 1948) -- On fair, fantastic Paris (April 1948) -- On Ulysses, grown old (May 1948) -- On the comic spirit (June 1948) -- On keepsakes, gew-gaws, and baubles (September 1948) -- [On Mohammed Zenouhin] (October 1948) -- On the dream, the illusion (December 1948) -- On time-saving devices (February 1949) -- On getting to be forty (May 1949) -- A modest proposal (July 1949). |
| Subject |
Steward, Samuel M.
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Literary collections.
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| Genre/Form |
Essays.
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| Added Author |
Mulderig, Jeremy, editor.
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Spring, Justin, 1962- writer of foreword.
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| Added Title |
Works. Selections
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| ISBN |
9780226304540 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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022630454X (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780226304687 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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022630468X (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780226304717 (ebook) |
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