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Late Recognition: The Letters of William Gaddis

The Letters of William Gaddis is nonetheless a landmark publication with respect to the broader reception of Gaddis's work. For several decades, ...

Spotlight on … William Gaddis Carpenter's Gothic (1985) – DC's

'This is William Gaddis's third work of fiction in 30 years. That sounds like a sparse stream, and misrepresents absolutely. Mr. Gaddis is a ...

The Last Obscenity: William Gaddis's Collected Correspondence

The “self contentment” Gaddis finds in Updike rhymes with Wallace's diagnosis of “solipsism.” It is an essentially anti-critical disposition, ...

J R - William Gaddis - Google Books

A National Book Award-winning satire about the unchecked power of American capitalism, written more than three decades before the 2008 ...

The Recognitions by William Gaddis - DNF - YouTube

The Kingdom of Liminal Space is my upcoming novel with a concept album (and some other goodies that are currently under wraps).

THE RECOGNITIONS. Custom Clamshell Case Only | William Gaddis

A very handsome modern case. This clamshell is perfectly sized to accommodate your first edition. A Terrific Collector's Custom Case. TBCL Web Site photo/link ...

“Honored by the Error”: The Literary Friendship of Gass and Gaddis

The following paper was presented at the William Gaddis Centenary Conference, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, October 20-22, ...

William Gaddis' Education-Writing and His Fiction: A Fuller Archival ...

This article sets out their linked histories and surveys the archival material that future discussions of the relation between Gaddis' corporate and artistic ...

William Gaddis - World Literature Forum

Carpenter's Gothic, which I just finished, is a genuinely draining read, and magisterially bleak. The dialogue is violent, excessive, and about ...

The Letters of William Gaddis: Revised Edition (Paperback)

A 1982 MacArthur Fellow and two-time winner of the National Book Award, William Gaddis (1922–1998) was the author of five novels: The ...

William Gaddis and American Justice - The Millions

The novel is a satire of the legal system, full of frivolous lawsuits, including Szyrk v. Village of Tatamount et al. In the lawsuit, the artist ...

“Fire The Bastards!”: The Great Defender of William Gaddis

“Fire the Bastards!” is a fascinating document of a quixotic campaign against the entire US critical establishment of the nineteen-fifties and sixties.

Two from William Gaddis - NY Press

Gaddis was a satirist, after all, and if you put the effort in, his books were funny as hell. Bleak, yes, and nasty and dark—but brilliant, ...

You Listening?: JR by William Gaddis | The Book Binder's Daughter

On August 27th, 1956 William Gaddis sent a registered letter to himself in order to protect his idea for his novel JR against any possible ...

Adam Mars-Jones · There isn't any inside! William Gaddis

This double act of boy tycoon and reluctant executive survives into the book, but necessarily changed by the vast expansion of the premise (a ...

Notes from a Journey Into William Gaddis's “The Recognitions”

William Gaddis's 956-page tour de force The Recognitions, which was published by Harcourt Brace 60 years ago, he wished me luck.

William Gaddis on Art, Writing, Reading, and More – BIG OTHER

Happy birthday, William Gaddis! Here are some quotes from the writer: “If it is not beautiful for someone, it does not exist.”

Mr. Difficult Rides Again: On the Unexpected Genius of William ...

In a 2002 essay entitled “Mr. Difficult,” the novelist Jonathan Franzen described at length his dislike of William Gaddis's novel J R.

The Work of William Gaddis with Steven Moore - YouTube

Steven Moore is an American author and literary critic. Best known as the primary authority on the novelist William Gaddis, he is the author ...

My quest to read William Gaddis' "The Recognitions"

Another new edition of William Gaddis' "The Recognitions" raises my hopes that one day I'll finish the sprawling novel.