num_pages: 352
description: In this sequel to Fiction &amp; the Figures of Life, one of America's most brilliant and eclectic minds examines literature, culture, writers (their lives and works), and the nature and uses of language and the written word. Included are discussions of Valéry, Henry Miller, Sartre, Freud, Faulkner, suicide, "art and order," and the transformation of language into poetry and fiction. The vividness and clarity of Gass's writing, the unabashed love and inimitable use of language-his startling metaphors, the sinuousness of his philosophy, the originality of his vision-make each essay a searching revelation of its subject, as well as an example of Gass's own singular artistry.
language: English
title: The World Within the Word
titlecomplete: The World Within the Word
genres: Language, Literary Criticism, Criticism, Philosophy, The United States Of America, 20th Century, Literature, Writing, Essays, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 251
awards: awardedAt: 252489600000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Criticism
publisher: Basic Books