Wendy LESSER—Hiding in Plain Sight—C. HITCHENS, SONTAG, ELIZ. HARDWICK

Description: • For Your Consideration: • A First Edition, First Printing in HARDCOVER of: • “HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: Essays in Criticism and Autobiography” (Mercury House, 1993) (Hardcover, First Edition, First Printing) • EDITED BY WENDY LESSER • CONTRIBUTONS BY: CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS • HAROLD BRODKEY • SUSAN SONTAG • ELIZABETH HARDWICK • PHILLIP LOPATE • GREIL MARCUS • AMY TAN • MINDY ALOFF • LOUISE GLÜCK • GORE VIDAL • ET AL. • (Please See Below for Full List) • ABOUT THIS TITLE: • “Criticism is, by nature, subjective. It sounds a voice, exposes a viewpoint, and paints a portrait of the critic—in essence it becomes an autobiography, even when the critic strives to remind hidden. “In thirty provocative and varied essays, all drawn from the pages of THE THREEPENNY REVIEW, known and new writers address what RANDALL JARRELL called the ‘terrible nakedness’ of the critic, who becomes everything and nothing, all-important and invisible, in the act of judging works of ars. “Some essays deal with writers, some delve into art and performance, while still others probe more directly the realm of memoir and autobiography. “As readers and audiences, we all perform acts of criticism; this rich and readable collection helps us to understand the process of responding to and evaluating works of art.”—THE PUBLISHER • “A rich cornucopia of fresh ideas, experiences and perspectives…. LESSER, who edits THREEPENNY REVIEW, has assembled an exhilarating miscellany.”—PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY • “One of the most varied and enjoyable and impressive anthologies of late is WENDY LESSER’s HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT.”—TOD MARSHALL, MÃNOA • CONTENTS: WENDY LESSER / Hiding in Plain Sight STEPHEN GREENBLATT / Storytelling LOUISE GLÜCK / The Idea of Courage DIANE JOHNSON / The Importance of Plot ROBERT PINKSY / Poetry and Pleasure THOM GUNN / Christopher Isherwood: Getting Things Right ROBERT HASS / Wallace Stevens ELIZABERTH HARDWICK / Gertrude Stein HAROLD BRODKEY / Jane Austen vs. Henry James CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS / In Defense of Daniel Deronda AUGUST KLEINZAHLER / Elevated Shtick: S.J. Perelman ARTHUR LUBOW / Unbridled Restraint: J.R. Ackerley PHILLIP LOPATE / The Dead Father: A Remembrance of Donald Barthelme CHRISTOPHER RICKS / Bob Dylan DANIEL WOLFF / As News Spreads: Danny Lyon’s Photography W. S. DI PIERO / On Modern Art & Artists HARRIET SHAPIRO / The Artist’s Model MINDY ALOFF / Rilke Dancing SUSAN SONTAG / A Note on Bunraku STEVE VINEBERG / Home and the World: Reflections on Satyajit Ray LEONARD MICHAELS / The Zipper GREIL MARCUS / The Last American Dream: The Manchurian Candidate GAYLE PEMBERTON / Do He Have Your Number, Mr. Jeffrey? IRENE OPPENHEIM / On Waitressing LARS EIGHNER / On Dumpster Diving GORE VIDAL / Glorious Reflections upon the Five of Hearts and Other Wild Cards in the National Deck THOMAS LAQUEUR / Clio among the Old Folks AMY TAN / Mother Tongue SIGRID NUNEZ / Chang JOHN BERGER / Her Secrets NATALIE KUSZ / Vital Signs • • For other details about this book, please see below. • TITLE: “HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: Essays in Criticism and Autobiography” EDITOR: WENDY LESSER CONTRIBUTORS: GORE VIDAL • HAROLD BRODKEY • SUSAN SONTAG • ELIZABETH HARDWICK •PHILLIP LOPATE • GREIL MARCUS • AMY TAN • MINDY ALOFF • LOUISE GLÜCK • CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS • ET AL. TYPE: HARDCOVER PAGES: 328 PUBLISHER, LOCALE, & YEAR: Mercury House (San Francisco), 1993 EDITION: First Edition, First Printing* *RE: On the Copyright Page, this Number Row: “5, 4, 3, 2, 1.” NOTE: This book is NOT an ex-library copy or a Book of the Month Club edition. ISBN: 1-56279-037-4 CONDITION OF DUST JACKET: VERY GOOD PLUS. Price (21.95) is unclipped. Corners & bottom spine tip are very lightly bumped; top of spine is rubbed. Light scratching on front & back. Overall: Clean & bright.CONDITION of BOOK ITSELF: VERY GOOD PLUS. Book is square. Boards are clean with sharp corners & bumped spine tips. Spine is tight & uncreased. Text-block edges & endpapers are fine. Pages are all bright & clean with no writing or doodling, no rips, no stains, no foxing, no foul odor. This copy is CLEARLY UNREAD.SHIPPING NEWS: This book will be wrapped with care before being shipped in a cushioned & sturdy box. 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