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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... scene by scene in my mind's eye , a foot away from the desk . " There's only one way to find out , " interrupted Mrs. McGonigle . " We will take him down to the library and see if he can read the book . " My teacher could not wait to ...
... scene by scene in my mind's eye , a foot away from the desk . " There's only one way to find out , " interrupted Mrs. McGonigle . " We will take him down to the library and see if he can read the book . " My teacher could not wait to ...
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... scene of listening to someone ( usually a woman ) in torment between two courses , my mind has gone back to Mother in her black slip . When I was in a mood to rebel against my personality , I would reproach my mother for taking away my ...
... scene of listening to someone ( usually a woman ) in torment between two courses , my mind has gone back to Mother in her black slip . When I was in a mood to rebel against my personality , I would reproach my mother for taking away my ...
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... scenes all the while . If you ask me what the Bible meant to me as a child , I can tell you it signified two things : those awkwardly drawn comic strips the Brooklyn Eagle would run ( next to " Dick Tracy " or " Mary Worth " ) each ...
... scenes all the while . If you ask me what the Bible meant to me as a child , I can tell you it signified two things : those awkwardly drawn comic strips the Brooklyn Eagle would run ( next to " Dick Tracy " or " Mary Worth " ) each ...
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... scenes that excited my imagination , I would simply evacuate the duller parts from con- sciousness and concentrate on ... scene was the destruction of the Philistine hall in Samson and Delilah , where the pil- lars crumbled in sections ...
... scenes that excited my imagination , I would simply evacuate the duller parts from con- sciousness and concentrate on ... scene was the destruction of the Philistine hall in Samson and Delilah , where the pil- lars crumbled in sections ...
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... scene ; she understands full well the function and operation of his rage . When he tells her that her name will be notorious forever , she allows her- self a proud parting shot : if she is to be infamous among the Israelites , her own ...
... scene ; she understands full well the function and operation of his rage . When he tells her that her name will be notorious forever , she allows her- self a proud parting shot : if she is to be infamous among the Israelites , her own ...
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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