Getting Personal: Selected EssaysHarper Collins, 2004 M11 3 - 416 páginas From the man whose name is synonymous with the contemporary personal essay, Getting Personal is a rich and ambitious collection that spans Phillip Lopate's career as an essayist, teacher, film critic, father, son, and husband. Witty, insightful, deeply meditative, and self-revelatory, with his characteristic candor and curmudgeonly charm, he explores himself, his life, his family, his religion, and his friends. |
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... Perhaps it's not a ques- tion of intentions but my limitations as a writer . ( This is beginning to sound defen- sive . You're going in circles , Bro . ) On the Difference Between Memoir and Personal Essay Use that quote from Emily Fox ...
... Perhaps it's not a ques- tion of intentions but my limitations as a writer . ( This is beginning to sound defen- sive . You're going in circles , Bro . ) On the Difference Between Memoir and Personal Essay Use that quote from Emily Fox ...
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... Perhaps nothing so exciting had happened to her as a teacher for months , even years ! Here was her chance to flaunt a child prodigy in her own classroom before the other teachers . I told the story as passionately as I could , seeing ...
... Perhaps nothing so exciting had happened to her as a teacher for months , even years ! Here was her chance to flaunt a child prodigy in her own classroom before the other teachers . I told the story as passionately as I could , seeing ...
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... perhaps had never wanted us . Strange , but I would feel a twinge of sympathy for him then . That he should be trapped into working like a dog to clothe and feed us useless kids . Sometimes he would take us to his factory , which he ...
... perhaps had never wanted us . Strange , but I would feel a twinge of sympathy for him then . That he should be trapped into working like a dog to clothe and feed us useless kids . Sometimes he would take us to his factory , which he ...
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... Perhaps it was the desire to overcome my pity and repulsion that made me stare at them . I began to wish she would put on her clothes , as she said she was going to , but instead she kept sitting beside me half dressed , sighing and ...
... Perhaps it was the desire to overcome my pity and repulsion that made me stare at them . I began to wish she would put on her clothes , as she said she was going to , but instead she kept sitting beside me half dressed , sighing and ...
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... perhaps were not suited to my age . But what's the point of blaming , when it is questionable who seduced whom ? She needed someone to talk to , and I would have sold out my " golden childhood " a dozen times over for a compliment like ...
... perhaps were not suited to my age . But what's the point of blaming , when it is questionable who seduced whom ? She needed someone to talk to , and I would have sold out my " golden childhood " a dozen times over for a compliment like ...
Contenido
XXIV | 167 |
XXV | 187 |
XXVI | 218 |
XXVIII | 259 |
XXIX | 261 |
XXX | 278 |
XXXII | 286 |
XXXIII | 300 |
XII | 89 |
XIII | 93 |
XIV | 117 |
XVI | 128 |
XVII | 131 |
XVIII | 140 |
XX | 155 |
XXI | 157 |
XXIII | 165 |
XXXV | 309 |
XXXVI | 314 |
XXXVIII | 323 |
XXXIX | 325 |
XL | 333 |
XLI | 337 |
XLII | 356 |
XLIII | 395 |
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