Empire of self: a life of Gore Vidal
(Book)
Author:
Published:
New York : Doubleday, 2015.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780385537568, 0385537565
Status:
EVLD Avon Public Library
921 VID
Description
"The life of Gore Vidal was an amazingly full one: full ofcolorful incident, famous people, and lasting achievementsthat calls out for careful evocation and examination. Jay Parini crafts Vidal's life into [a] ... story that puts the experience of one of the great American figures of thepostwar era into context; introduces the author and his works to a generation who may not know him; and looks behind the scenes at the man and his work in ways never possible before his death"--Amazon.com.
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EVLD Avon Public Library
921 VID
On Shelf
Sep 12, 2022
Location
Call Number
Status
Last Check-In
Pitkin County Library
813.54 P231
On Shelf
May 25, 2021
More Details
Physical Desc:
xii, 464 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language:
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"The life of Gore Vidal was an amazingly full one: full ofcolorful incident, famous people, and lasting achievementsthat calls out for careful evocation and examination. Jay Parini crafts Vidal's life into [a] ... story that puts the experience of one of the great American figures of thepostwar era into context; introduces the author and his works to a generation who may not know him; and looks behind the scenes at the man and his work in ways never possible before his death"--Amazon.com.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Parini, J. (2015). Empire of self: a life of Gore Vidal. First edition. New York, Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Parini, Jay. 2015. Empire of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal. New York, Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Parini, Jay, Empire of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal. New York, Doubleday, 2015.
MLA Citation (style guide)Parini, Jay. Empire of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal. First edition. New York, Doubleday, 2015.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction. Rock Creek ramble -- A silver-plated mug -- Capitol steps -- A wider world -- Truman and Gore at the Plaza -- Not a lovely war -- Two roads diverging -- Storm at sea -- Hearts of darkness -- Edgewater recalled -- Portrait of the artist as Balletomane -- Pillars of salt -- Stateside -- More dolce vita -- Finding Dutchess County -- Loving Howard -- Beverly Hills blues -- Detecting life -- The Spanish main -- Media as messages -- Silvery screens -- More visits to small planets -- Outlaws -- Ben-Hur -- A place at the round table -- At the Water's edge -Hyannis -- "You'll get more with Gore" -- Slouching towards Camelot -- Essaying the world -- Roman spring -- Julian rising -- Moravia and Gore on the Isola Tiberna -- Romanitas -- Capitol steps revisited -- The holy family --Myra -- Busy weekends -- The Vidal-Buckley debates -- Furious visions -- Miss Sontag writes a novel -- A bad year -- Writing Richard Nixon -- Italian hours -- Patriotic Gore -- The swirl -- Myron unmanned -- The man who wouldn't fall to earth -- Half a century -- 1876 and all that -- Memories, dreams, self-reflections -- Apocalypse not quite yet -- Hollywood redux -- Grace and hope -- Gore and Isaiah Berlin in Oxford -- Acting president -- Running in place -- Duluth : love it or loathe it -- Honorary citizen -- Land of Lincoln -- Ah, Venice! -- The lesson of the master -- "It's a trade" -- "One disaster after another" -- Fear of flying -- Imperium-- Sailing the coast -- Adding wings to the mansion -- Lenny and gore -- "Our country's biographer" -- "The otherside of the camera" -- Attacking the sky-God -- Thinking about sex -- Retreats, advances -- In the widening gyre --At the Harvard Faculty Club -- Rethinking Washington -- Dreams of wholeness -- Elder statesman -- Reviewing the life -- The golden age -- Still the best man -- Songs in the Hollywood Hills -- The pamphleteer -- Finding foundingfathers -- A death before bedtime -- Marching to the sea -- The last memoir -- Mopping-up operations -- Snapshots ofthe end -- Conclusion -- Postscript. | |
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