- Paperback: 264 pages
- Publisher: Graywolf Press (1997)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1555972640
- ISBN-13: 978-1555972646
- Product Dimensions: 21.5 x 13.7 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 295 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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A Marvellous Volume of Literary Sketches,
This review is from: The Outermost Dream: Literary Sketches (Paperback)
William Maxwell was a long time editor at the New Yorker and a fine fiction writer in his own right. As a reviewer and essayist, his work centred on the person - diaries, biography, memoirs and letters. In this wonderful book we are given a window into some fascinating lives, some famous and others forgotten, in a style that is elegant and yet simple. No authorial pyrotechnics are allowed to get in the way between the reader and the stories. The subjects range from E.M. Forster's guide book on Alexandria, Lord Byron's personal finances and Colette's third and happiest marriage to the family relationships that lay behind Samuel Butler's "The Way of All Flesh." I hope other readers will find "The Outermost Dream" as enjoyable as I did.
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A Learning Experience,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Outermost Dream: Literary Sketches (Paperback)
I read this book several years ago in hardcover. Maxwell provides exceptionally well written critiques of contemporary biographies of writers and poets, and in doing so probably provides us with as strong a sense of the subject's writing style and personality, but without the detail of course, as was provided by the biographer. Upon completing this book I had been exposed to well crafted criticism, and had become familiar with several of the world's most important and unique writers. Highly recommended. If you enjoy Maxwell's writing, you will highly respect this book.
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A Marvellous Volume of Literary Sketches,
By bibliomane01 - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Outermost Dream: Literary Sketches (Paperback)
William Maxwell was a long time editor at the New Yorker and a fine fiction writer in his own right. As a reviewer and essayist, his work centred on the person - diaries, biography, memoirs and letters. In this wonderful book we are given a window into some fascinating lives, some famous and others forgotten, in a style that is elegant and yet simple. No authorial pyrotechnics are allowed to get in the way between the reader and the stories. The subjects range from E.M. Forster's guide book on Alexandria, Lord Byron's personal finances and Colette's third and happiest marriage to the family relationships that lay behind Samuel Butler's "The Way of All Flesh." I hope other readers will find "The Outermost Dream" as enjoyable as I did.
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A Learning Experience,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Outermost Dream: Literary Sketches (Paperback)
I read this book several years ago in hardcover. Maxwell provides exceptionally well written critiques of contemporary biographies of writers and poets, and in doing so probably provides us with as strong a sense of the subject's writing style and personality, but without the detail of course, as was provided by the biographer. Upon completing this book I had been exposed to well crafted criticism, and had become familiar with several of the world's most important and unique writers. Highly recommended. If you enjoy Maxwell's writing, you will highly respect this book.
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Irresponsible seller,
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This review is from: The Outermost Dream: Essays and Reviews (Hardcover)
This book was delivered to me by the Post Office wet and totally destroyed.I was told by them that they were not responsible for articles that were not insured. I sent my complaint to the seller but received no reply. |
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