Gossip
Subtitle: the untrivial pursuit
By: Joseph Epstein
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780618721948
Subjects: Gossip
Description: A juicy, incisive exploration of gossip in all its forms--from celebrity rumors to literary "romans a clef," from personal sniping to political slander.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-223) and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Private gossip. How it works ; Feasible, uncheckable, deeply damning ; When is it all right to gossip? ; In the know ; Great gossips of the western world I ; The truth defense ; The gossip transaction ; Need gossip be trivial? ; Pure speculation; title: Pt. 2. Public gossip. Gossip goes public ; Gossip in center ring ; Shooting at celebrities ; Great gossips of the western world II ; Antedeluvian gossip ; Literary gossip ; Gay gossip ; Great gossips of the western world III; title: Pt. 3. Private becomes public ; Caught in the net ; Whores of information ; Snooping and scooping : great gossips of the western world IV ; Too much even of Kreplach.