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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Página ix
... told the real truth , and you had to gasp . Of course it is necessary to do more than merely confess and strive for honesty . ( What , I wonder ? Expanded argument tk . ) On the " I " Persona I have sometimes been ix I.
... told the real truth , and you had to gasp . Of course it is necessary to do more than merely confess and strive for honesty . ( What , I wonder ? Expanded argument tk . ) On the " I " Persona I have sometimes been ix I.
Página x
... told me she never begins a sentence with a gerund . Having started many such sentences this way myself , I paid her no heed ; besides , archaic diction has always had a perverse appeal for me . I have never set out to exemplify the most ...
... told me she never begins a sentence with a gerund . Having started many such sentences this way myself , I paid her no heed ; besides , archaic diction has always had a perverse appeal for me . I have never set out to exemplify the most ...
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... told me he was very excited about this project , which would at least compensate for the fact that some of his books had been allowed to go out of print . Too down - to - earth and sensible to let any bitterness regarding literary ...
... told me he was very excited about this project , which would at least compensate for the fact that some of his books had been allowed to go out of print . Too down - to - earth and sensible to let any bitterness regarding literary ...
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... told the story as passionately as I could , seeing the movie unroll 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 ...
... told the story as passionately as I could , seeing the movie unroll 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 ...
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... told , had no real mind of her own yet . A cute kid who liked to run around without panties and climb up the piano . We lived on the top floor of a five - story tenement in Williamsburg , facing the BMT elevated train , or as everyone ...
... told , had no real mind of her own yet . A cute kid who liked to run around without panties and climb up the piano . We lived on the top floor of a five - story tenement in Williamsburg , facing the BMT elevated train , or as everyone ...
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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