The Resource Twenty-eight artists and two saints : essays, Joan Acocella
Twenty-eight artists and two saints : essays, Joan Acocella
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The item Twenty-eight artists and two saints : essays, Joan Acocella represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xvii, 524 p.
- Note
- Collected essays originally published in The New Yorker and The New York review of books
- Contents
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- A fire in the brain / Lucia Joyce
- Blocked / Writer's Block
- True confessions / Italo Svevo
- Quicksand / Stefan Zweig
- The frog and the crocodile / Simone de Beauvoir
- Becoming the emperor / Marguerite Yourcenar
- A hard case / Primo Levi
- European dreams / Joseph Roth
- The Neapolitan finger / Andrea de Jorio
- The saintly sinner / Mary Magdalene
- After the ball was over / Vaslav Nijinsky
- Heroes and hero worship / Lincoln Kirstein
- "Sweet as a fig" / Frederick Ashton
- American dancer / Jerome Bobbins
- Second act / Suzanne Farrell
- The soloist / Mikhail Baryshnikov
- The flame / Martha Graham
- Dancing and the dark / Bob Fosse
- The bottom line / Twyla Tharp
- On the contrary / H. L. Mencken
- After the laughs / Dorothy Parker
- Feasting on life / M. F. K. Fisher
- Finding Augie March / Saul Bellow
- Piecework / Sybille Bedford
- The spider's Web / Louise Bourgeois
- Assassination on a small scale / Penelope Fitzgerald
- The hunger artist / Susan Sontag
- Counterlives / Philip Roth
- Perfectly Frank / Frank O'Hara
- Devil's work / Hilary Mantel
- Burned again / Joan of Arc
- Isbn
- 9780375424168
- Label
- Twenty-eight artists and two saints : essays
- Title
- Twenty-eight artists and two saints
- Title remainder
- essays
- Statement of responsibility
- Joan Acocella
- Title variation
- 28 artists and 2 saints
- Language
- eng
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Acocella, Joan Ross
- Dewey number
- 700.92
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- portraits
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Artists
- Suffering
- Arts, Modern
- Label
- Twenty-eight artists and two saints : essays, Joan Acocella
- Note
- Collected essays originally published in The New Yorker and The New York review of books
- Contents
- A fire in the brain / Lucia Joyce -- Blocked / Writer's Block -- True confessions / Italo Svevo -- Quicksand / Stefan Zweig -- The frog and the crocodile / Simone de Beauvoir -- Becoming the emperor / Marguerite Yourcenar -- A hard case / Primo Levi -- European dreams / Joseph Roth -- The Neapolitan finger / Andrea de Jorio -- The saintly sinner / Mary Magdalene -- After the ball was over / Vaslav Nijinsky -- Heroes and hero worship / Lincoln Kirstein -- "Sweet as a fig" / Frederick Ashton -- American dancer / Jerome Bobbins -- Second act / Suzanne Farrell -- The soloist / Mikhail Baryshnikov -- The flame / Martha Graham -- Dancing and the dark / Bob Fosse -- The bottom line / Twyla Tharp -- On the contrary / H. L. Mencken -- After the laughs / Dorothy Parker -- Feasting on life / M. F. K. Fisher -- Finding Augie March / Saul Bellow -- Piecework / Sybille Bedford -- The spider's Web / Louise Bourgeois -- Assassination on a small scale / Penelope Fitzgerald -- The hunger artist / Susan Sontag -- Counterlives / Philip Roth -- Perfectly Frank / Frank O'Hara -- Devil's work / Hilary Mantel -- Burned again / Joan of Arc
- Control code
- 000040403281
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xvii, 524 p.
- Isbn
- 9780375424168
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Other physical details
- ill., ports.
- Label
- Twenty-eight artists and two saints : essays, Joan Acocella
- Note
- Collected essays originally published in The New Yorker and The New York review of books
- Contents
- A fire in the brain / Lucia Joyce -- Blocked / Writer's Block -- True confessions / Italo Svevo -- Quicksand / Stefan Zweig -- The frog and the crocodile / Simone de Beauvoir -- Becoming the emperor / Marguerite Yourcenar -- A hard case / Primo Levi -- European dreams / Joseph Roth -- The Neapolitan finger / Andrea de Jorio -- The saintly sinner / Mary Magdalene -- After the ball was over / Vaslav Nijinsky -- Heroes and hero worship / Lincoln Kirstein -- "Sweet as a fig" / Frederick Ashton -- American dancer / Jerome Bobbins -- Second act / Suzanne Farrell -- The soloist / Mikhail Baryshnikov -- The flame / Martha Graham -- Dancing and the dark / Bob Fosse -- The bottom line / Twyla Tharp -- On the contrary / H. L. Mencken -- After the laughs / Dorothy Parker -- Feasting on life / M. F. K. Fisher -- Finding Augie March / Saul Bellow -- Piecework / Sybille Bedford -- The spider's Web / Louise Bourgeois -- Assassination on a small scale / Penelope Fitzgerald -- The hunger artist / Susan Sontag -- Counterlives / Philip Roth -- Perfectly Frank / Frank O'Hara -- Devil's work / Hilary Mantel -- Burned again / Joan of Arc
- Control code
- 000040403281
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xvii, 524 p.
- Isbn
- 9780375424168
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Other physical details
- ill., ports.
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