| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
278 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
F. Scott Fitzgerald's case -- Edmund Wilson: this critic and this gin and these shoes -- Christopher Isherwood's kind -- On prettiness -- The Oz books -- Lessing's science fiction -- Sciascia's Italy -- V.S. Pritchett as "critic" -- Thomas Love Peacock" the novel of ideas -- Who makes the movies? -- Sex is politics -- Pink triangle and yellow star -- How to find God and make money -- Rich kids -- Theodore Roosevelt: an American sissy -- The State of the Union revisited (1980) -- The real two-party system -- The second American revolution -- A note on Abraham Lincoln. |
| Summary |
This collection of essays includes Vidal's noted pieces on Theodore Roosevelt, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Edmund Wilson, and on the need for a new constitutional convention and ranges across a wide spectrum of social, political, and literary matters. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Subject |
Authors -- 20th century.
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Authors. (OCoLC)fst00821688
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United States.
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Vidal, Gore, 1925- Second American revolution and other essays (1976-1982). 1st ed. New York : Random House, ©1982 (OCoLC)571979391 |
| ISBN |
0394522656 |
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9780394522654 |
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