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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... sense that they knew what they were doing , that this had to be done , and that they would respect the limits . They were both playing their roles in concert , with more cooperation than was usual between them . " I swear I'll never go ...
... sense that they knew what they were doing , that this had to be done , and that they would respect the limits . They were both playing their roles in concert , with more cooperation than was usual between them . " I swear I'll never go ...
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... sense that the Samson story and my family story touch in odd ways ; I try to put the stencil of one over the other , and , while they occasionally overlap , just as often the connection seems farfetched . Nonetheless , I am convinced ...
... sense that the Samson story and my family story touch in odd ways ; I try to put the stencil of one over the other , and , while they occasionally overlap , just as often the connection seems farfetched . Nonetheless , I am convinced ...
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... sense of sex- uality as a nightmarish tyranny , robbing a man of his strength , just as I had absorbed from my mother a rebellious , defiantly flirtatious , erotic appetite for life . My mother had bought a piano , and she practiced her ...
... sense of sex- uality as a nightmarish tyranny , robbing a man of his strength , just as I had absorbed from my mother a rebellious , defiantly flirtatious , erotic appetite for life . My mother had bought a piano , and she practiced her ...
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... sense the teachers snickering , trading looks that said " We know how this one's going to turn out . " My classmates started laughing . I realized too late that the song was for a girl , they would think me a sissy . I had no choice but ...
... sense the teachers snickering , trading looks that said " We know how this one's going to turn out . " My classmates started laughing . I realized too late that the song was for a girl , they would think me a sissy . I had no choice but ...
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... sense calling out a ludic formula , such as " Tap , tap , Johnny , one two three ! " There is an undeniably playful element in this part of the Samson story . One could say that the strong man is experimenting with disarming himself and ...
... sense calling out a ludic formula , such as " Tap , tap , Johnny , one two three ! " There is an undeniably playful element in this part of the Samson story . One could say that the strong man is experimenting with disarming himself and ...
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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