The questions that matter most : reading, writing, and the exercise of freedom / Jane Smiley.
2023
Non-Fiction
Available at Popular Reading
Formats
| Format | |
|---|---|
| BibTeX | |
| MARCXML | |
| TextMARC | |
| MARC | |
| DublinCore | |
| EndNote | |
| NLM | |
| RefWorks | |
| RIS |
Items
Details
Author
Title
The questions that matter most : reading, writing, and the exercise of freedom / Jane Smiley.
Imprint
Berkeley, California : Heyday, [2023]
Copyright
©2023
Description
243 pages ; 23 cm
Formatted Contents Note
My Absent Father
Iceland Made Me
Can Mothers Think?
The Most Important Question
Marguerite, Queen of Navarre, Gives Desdemona Some Advice
The One and Only
I Am Your 'Prudent Amy'
Why Go On?
Say It Ain't So, Huck
Thoughts on My Ántonia
Gregor: My Life as a Bug
Meet Jessica Mitford
The Other Nancy Mitford
Laughing to the End
Farewell, Alice Munro, and Thanks for Everything
History vs. Historical Fiction
Reflections on St. Louis
Writing Is an Exercise in Freedom.
Iceland Made Me
Can Mothers Think?
The Most Important Question
Marguerite, Queen of Navarre, Gives Desdemona Some Advice
The One and Only
I Am Your 'Prudent Amy'
Why Go On?
Say It Ain't So, Huck
Thoughts on My Ántonia
Gregor: My Life as a Bug
Meet Jessica Mitford
The Other Nancy Mitford
Laughing to the End
Farewell, Alice Munro, and Thanks for Everything
History vs. Historical Fiction
Reflections on St. Louis
Writing Is an Exercise in Freedom.
Summary
"Essays that show how Smiley draws inspiration from across literary history to invigorate her own writing. Among the authors she examines are Marguerite de Navarre, Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Louisa May Alcott, Mark Twain, Willa Cather, Franz Kafka, Halldor Laxness, and Jessica Mitford"-- Provided by publisher.
Call Number
Non-Fiction
Language
English
ISBN
9781597146050 hardcover
1597146056 hardcover
1597146056 hardcover
Record Appears in