The bloodied nightgown and other essays:
"Joan Acocella was "one of our finest cultural critics" (Edward Hirsch), and she had the rare ability to examine literature and unearth the lives contained within it-its authors, its subjects, and the communities from which it springs. In her hands, arts criticism was a celebration an...
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| Summary: | "Joan Acocella was "one of our finest cultural critics" (Edward Hirsch), and she had the rare ability to examine literature and unearth the lives contained within it-its authors, its subjects, and the communities from which it springs. In her hands, arts criticism was a celebration and an investigation, and her essays pulse with unadulterated enthusiasm. As Kathryn Harrison wrote in The New York Times Book Review, "Hers is a vision that allows art its mystery but not its pretensions, to which she is acutely sensitive. What better instincts could a critic have?" The Bloodied Nightgown and Other Essays gathers twenty-four essays from the final decade and a half of Acocella's career, as well as an introduction that frames her simple preoccupations: "life and art." In agile, inspired prose, she moves from J. R. R. Tolkien's translation of Beowulf to the life of Richard Pryor, from surveying profanity to untangling the book of Job. Her appetite (and reading list) knew no bounds. This collection is a joy and a revelation, a library in itself, and Acocella is our dream companion among its shelves"-- |
| Physical Description: | xii, 354 Seiten Illustrationen, Porträts 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780374608095 |
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CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX PREFACE XI THE BLOODIED NIGHTGOWN | Dracula 3 WAUGH STORIES | Alexander, Arthur, Evelyn, Auberon, and Alexander Waugh 21 PROPHET MOTIVE I Kahlil Gibran 39 QUEEN OF CRIME | Agatha Christie A DOG'S LIFE | J. R. Ackerley 53 71 THE ENGLISH WARS | Prescriptive and Descriptive Dictionaries 83 ONCE UPON A TIME | Grimms’ Fairy Tales WHY ME? I The Book of Job 97 113 GRENDEL HATES MUSIC | J. R. R. Tolkien and Beowulf LONESOME ROAD | Marilynne Robinson 141 127
viii CONTENTS FLAMETHROWER | Richard Pryor ART WINS I Elena Ferrante 153 163 ALL VILLAINS HAVE MOTHERS | Elmore Leonard FLICKWAD I Dirty Words 173 187 METAMORPHOSES | Angela Carter 199 LADIES' CHOICE | Little Women 213 FUNNY PECULIAR | Edward Gorey BRAVE FACE | Natalia Ginzburg 229 243 BEYOND THE WATERS OF DEATH | Gilgamesh 255 THE DAY THE EARTH EXPLODED | Pliny the Elder and Pliny the Younger 273 BIGGER THINGS TO HIDE BEHIND | Andy Warhol A THEORY OF THE FANTASTIC | Gianni Rodari ORIGINAL SINNER I Graham Greene ART MADE FLESH | Francis Bacon ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INDEX 345 343 313 327 283 299 |
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| contents | The bloodied nightgown : Dracula -- Waugh stories : Alexander, Arthur, Evelyn, Auberon, and Alexander Waugh -- Prophet motive : Kahlil Gibran -- Queen of crime : Agatha Christie -- A dog's life : J. R. Ackerley -- The English wars : prescriptive and descriptive dictionaries -- Once upon a time : Grimms' fairy tales -- Why me? : the Book of Job -- Grendel hates music : J.R.R. Tolkien and Beowulf -- Lonesome Road : Marilynne Robinson -- Flamethrower : Richard Pryor -- Art wins : Elena Ferrante -- All villains have mothers : Elmore Leonard -- Fuckwad : dirty words -- Metamorphoses : Angela Carter -- Ladies' choice : Little Women -- Funny peculiar : Edward Gorey -- Brave face : Natalia Ginzburg -- Beyond the waters of death : Gilgamesh -- The day the Earth exploded : Pliny the Elder and Pliny the Younger -- Bigger things to hide behind : Andy Warhol -- A theory of the fantastic : Gianni Rodari -- Original sinner : Graham Greene -- Art made flesh : Francis Bacon |
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| spelling | Acocella, Joan Ross 1945-2024 Verfasser (DE-588)132841193 aut The bloodied nightgown and other essays Joan Acocella First edition New York Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2024 xii, 354 Seiten Illustrationen, Porträts 24 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier The bloodied nightgown : Dracula -- Waugh stories : Alexander, Arthur, Evelyn, Auberon, and Alexander Waugh -- Prophet motive : Kahlil Gibran -- Queen of crime : Agatha Christie -- A dog's life : J. R. Ackerley -- The English wars : prescriptive and descriptive dictionaries -- Once upon a time : Grimms' fairy tales -- Why me? : the Book of Job -- Grendel hates music : J.R.R. Tolkien and Beowulf -- Lonesome Road : Marilynne Robinson -- Flamethrower : Richard Pryor -- Art wins : Elena Ferrante -- All villains have mothers : Elmore Leonard -- Fuckwad : dirty words -- Metamorphoses : Angela Carter -- Ladies' choice : Little Women -- Funny peculiar : Edward Gorey -- Brave face : Natalia Ginzburg -- Beyond the waters of death : Gilgamesh -- The day the Earth exploded : Pliny the Elder and Pliny the Younger -- Bigger things to hide behind : Andy Warhol -- A theory of the fantastic : Gianni Rodari -- Original sinner : Graham Greene -- Art made flesh : Francis Bacon "Joan Acocella was "one of our finest cultural critics" (Edward Hirsch), and she had the rare ability to examine literature and unearth the lives contained within it-its authors, its subjects, and the communities from which it springs. In her hands, arts criticism was a celebration and an investigation, and her essays pulse with unadulterated enthusiasm. As Kathryn Harrison wrote in The New York Times Book Review, "Hers is a vision that allows art its mystery but not its pretensions, to which she is acutely sensitive. What better instincts could a critic have?" The Bloodied Nightgown and Other Essays gathers twenty-four essays from the final decade and a half of Acocella's career, as well as an introduction that frames her simple preoccupations: "life and art." In agile, inspired prose, she moves from J. R. R. Tolkien's translation of Beowulf to the life of Richard Pryor, from surveying profanity to untangling the book of Job. Her appetite (and reading list) knew no bounds. This collection is a joy and a revelation, a library in itself, and Acocella is our dream companion among its shelves"-- Ferrante, Elena 1943- (DE-588)113749678 gnd rswk-swf Plinius Secundus, Gaius 23-79 (DE-588)118595083 gnd rswk-swf Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Gaius 61-114 (DE-588)118595091 gnd rswk-swf Kinder- und Hausmärchen (DE-588)4132759-7 gnd rswk-swf Bibel Ijob (DE-588)4072725-7 gnd rswk-swf Fantastische Literatur (DE-588)4126324-8 gnd rswk-swf Englisch (DE-588)4014777-0 gnd rswk-swf Kriminalliteratur (DE-588)4165739-1 gnd rswk-swf Literature Mass media American essays / 21st century Littérature Médias Essais américains / 21e siècle mass media LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Women Authors PERFORMING ARTS / Dance Essays Literary criticism Critiques littéraires (DE-588)4143413-4 Aufsatzsammlung gnd-content Englisch (DE-588)4014777-0 s Fantastische Literatur (DE-588)4126324-8 s Kriminalliteratur (DE-588)4165739-1 s DE-604 Plinius Secundus, Gaius 23-79 (DE-588)118595083 p Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Gaius 61-114 (DE-588)118595091 p Ferrante, Elena 1943- (DE-588)113749678 p Kinder- und Hausmärchen (DE-588)4132759-7 u Bibel Ijob (DE-588)4072725-7 u Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=035025135&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| spellingShingle | Acocella, Joan Ross 1945-2024 The bloodied nightgown and other essays The bloodied nightgown : Dracula -- Waugh stories : Alexander, Arthur, Evelyn, Auberon, and Alexander Waugh -- Prophet motive : Kahlil Gibran -- Queen of crime : Agatha Christie -- A dog's life : J. R. Ackerley -- The English wars : prescriptive and descriptive dictionaries -- Once upon a time : Grimms' fairy tales -- Why me? : the Book of Job -- Grendel hates music : J.R.R. Tolkien and Beowulf -- Lonesome Road : Marilynne Robinson -- Flamethrower : Richard Pryor -- Art wins : Elena Ferrante -- All villains have mothers : Elmore Leonard -- Fuckwad : dirty words -- Metamorphoses : Angela Carter -- Ladies' choice : Little Women -- Funny peculiar : Edward Gorey -- Brave face : Natalia Ginzburg -- Beyond the waters of death : Gilgamesh -- The day the Earth exploded : Pliny the Elder and Pliny the Younger -- Bigger things to hide behind : Andy Warhol -- A theory of the fantastic : Gianni Rodari -- Original sinner : Graham Greene -- Art made flesh : Francis Bacon Ferrante, Elena 1943- (DE-588)113749678 gnd Plinius Secundus, Gaius 23-79 (DE-588)118595083 gnd Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Gaius 61-114 (DE-588)118595091 gnd Kinder- und Hausmärchen (DE-588)4132759-7 gnd Bibel Ijob (DE-588)4072725-7 gnd Fantastische Literatur (DE-588)4126324-8 gnd Englisch (DE-588)4014777-0 gnd Kriminalliteratur (DE-588)4165739-1 gnd |
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| title | The bloodied nightgown and other essays |
| title_alt | The bloodied nightgown : Dracula -- Waugh stories : Alexander, Arthur, Evelyn, Auberon, and Alexander Waugh -- Prophet motive : Kahlil Gibran -- Queen of crime : Agatha Christie -- A dog's life : J. R. Ackerley -- The English wars : prescriptive and descriptive dictionaries -- Once upon a time : Grimms' fairy tales -- Why me? : the Book of Job -- Grendel hates music : J.R.R. Tolkien and Beowulf -- Lonesome Road : Marilynne Robinson -- Flamethrower : Richard Pryor -- Art wins : Elena Ferrante -- All villains have mothers : Elmore Leonard -- Fuckwad : dirty words -- Metamorphoses : Angela Carter -- Ladies' choice : Little Women -- Funny peculiar : Edward Gorey -- Brave face : Natalia Ginzburg -- Beyond the waters of death : Gilgamesh -- The day the Earth exploded : Pliny the Elder and Pliny the Younger -- Bigger things to hide behind : Andy Warhol -- A theory of the fantastic : Gianni Rodari -- Original sinner : Graham Greene -- Art made flesh : Francis Bacon |
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| title_full | The bloodied nightgown and other essays Joan Acocella |
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| topic | Ferrante, Elena 1943- (DE-588)113749678 gnd Plinius Secundus, Gaius 23-79 (DE-588)118595083 gnd Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Gaius 61-114 (DE-588)118595091 gnd Kinder- und Hausmärchen (DE-588)4132759-7 gnd Bibel Ijob (DE-588)4072725-7 gnd Fantastische Literatur (DE-588)4126324-8 gnd Englisch (DE-588)4014777-0 gnd Kriminalliteratur (DE-588)4165739-1 gnd |
| topic_facet | Ferrante, Elena 1943- Plinius Secundus, Gaius 23-79 Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Gaius 61-114 Kinder- und Hausmärchen Bibel Ijob Fantastische Literatur Englisch Kriminalliteratur Aufsatzsammlung |
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