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The Outermost Dream: Literary Sketches (Graywolf Rediscovery)

by William Maxwell

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ISBN13: 9781555972646
ISBN10: 1555972640
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"The Outermost Dream" brings together essays and reviews by William Maxwell, one of America's foremost writers and editors. Maxwell chose deliberately to focus on biography, memoir, diaries, and correspondence when reviewing books: "what people said and did and wore and ate and hoped for and were afraid of, and in detail after often unimaginable detail they refresh our idea of existence and hold oblivion at arm's length." In reading his reviews, we are struck by Maxwell's skill in choosing the one particular, the haunting moment, that further illuminates our understanding of the power of an individual life. His discernment is equally telling whether writing about literary luminaries such as Virginia Woolf, Lord Byron, E.B. White, Isak Dinesen, or delving into the diaries of an unknown Victorian curate with vivid dreams of murder and mayhem.

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"Maxwell writes with relish about all the quirks and quiddities of human lives....On every page there is a quiet observation, made with deceptive ease, that will ravish the reader". — Boston Globe

Maxwell chose to focus on biography, memoir, and diaries when reviewing books: "what people said and did and wore and ate and hoped for and were afraid of, and in detail after often unimaginable detail they refresh our idea of existence and hold oblivion at arm's length". Whether writing about literary luminaries such as Virginia Woolf or Lord Byron, or delving into the life of an odd, unknown Victorian curate, Maxwell enlarges our understanding of humanity.

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"The Outermost Dream" brings together essays and reviews by William Maxwell, one of America's foremost writers and editors. Maxwell chose deliberately to focus on biography, memoir, diaries, and correspondence when reviewing books: "what people said and did and wore and ate and hoped for and were afraid of, and in detail after often unimaginable detail they refresh our idea of existence and hold oblivion at arm's length." In reading his reviews, we are struck by Maxwell's skill in choosing the one particular, the haunting moment, that further illuminates our understanding of the power of an individual life. His discernment is equally telling whether writing about literary luminaries such as Virginia Woolf, Lord Byron, E.B. White, Isak Dinesen, or delving into the diaries of an unknown Victorian curate with vivid dreams of murder and mayhem.

"The Outermost Dream" brings together essays and reviews by William Maxwell, one of America's foremost writers and editors. Maxwell chose deliberately to focus on biography, memoir, diaries, and correspondence when reviewing books: "what people said and did and wore and ate and hoped for and were afraid of, and in detail after often unimaginable detail they refresh our idea of existence and hold oblivion at arm's length." In reading his reviews, we are struck by Maxwell's skill in choosing the one particular, the haunting moment, that further illuminates our understanding of the power of an individual life. His discernment is equally telling whether writing about literary luminaries such as Virginia Woolf, Lord Byron, E.B. White, Isak Dinesen, or delving into the diaries of an unknown Victorian curate with vivid dreams of murder and mayhem.


Product Details

ISBN:
9781555972646
Subtitle:
Essays and Reviews
Author:
Maxwell, William F.
Author:
Maxwell, William F.
Publisher:
Graywolf Press
Location:
Saint Paul, Minn. :
Subject:
Essays
Subject:
Books
Subject:
Literature
Subject:
History and criticism
Subject:
Reviews
Subject:
Books -- Reviews.
Subject:
General Literary Criticism & Collections
Edition Number:
Graywolf ed.
Edition Description:
Graywolf
Series:
Graywolf Rediscovery
Publication Date:
September 1997
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
264
Dimensions:
8.48x5.40x.79 in. .65 lbs.

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