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Metaphor & Memory
Contributor(s): Ozick, Cynthia (Author)

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ISBN: 0679734252     ISBN-13: 9780679734253
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
OUR PRICE: $16.10  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 1991
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Annotation: In Metaphor & Memory, Cynthia Ozick writes about Saul Bellow and Henry James, William Gaddis and Primo Levi. She observes the tug-of-war between written and spoken language and the complex relation between art's contrivances and its moral truths.
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BISAC Categories:
- Non-classifiable
- Literary Collections | Essays
- Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory
Dewey: 809
LCCN: 91050093
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.2" W x 8" L (0.70 lbs) 300 pages
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Publisher Description:
From the author of The Messiah of Stockholm and Art and Ardor comes a new collection of supple, provocative, and intellectually dazzling essays. In Metaphor &Memory, Cynthia Ozick writes about Saul Bellow and Henry James, William Gaddis and Primo Levi. She observes the tug-of-war between written and spoken language and the complex relation between art's contrivances and its moral truths. She has given us an exceptional book that demonstrates the possibilities of literature even as it explores them.
 
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