Title: The men in my life /
Authors: Gornick, Vivian; Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Publisher: MIT Press,
Year: 2008
Subjects: American literature History and criticism Theory, etc.; English literature History and criticism Theory, etc.; Authorship Psychological aspects; Social problems in literature.; Male authors Appreciation.; Authorship Sex differences; Literature and society.; Male authors.
Abstract: "As Anton Chekhov put it so memorably: "Others made me a slave, but I must squeeze the slave out of myself, drop by drop." Vivian Gornick, a major figure of second-wave feminism, found particular inspiration for this struggle in the work of male writers, from H. G. Wells and Randall Jarrell to V. S. Naipual, James Baldwin, Allen Ginsberg, and Philip Roth. From these talented men who had infinitely more permission to do and be than women, but suffered endlessly from the ravages of anger and self-doubt, Gornick learned what it really means to make art while wrestling with one's inner demons." "The Men in My Life is Gornick at her best: interpreting the intimate relationship between Inner life, social history, and great literature."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: George Gissing: A neurotic for our times -- H.G. Wells: The beginning of wisdom -- Loren Eiseley: Excavating the self -- Randall Jarrell: Reading to save his life -- Saul Bellow, Philip Roth, and the end of the Jew as metaphor -- Allen Ginsberg: America's holy fool -- Raymond Carver, Andre Dubus, Richard Ford: Tenderhearted men -- James Baldwin and V.S. Naipaul: America made the difference.