Tests of Time: EssaysTests of Time brings us fourteen witty and elegant essays by novelist and literary critic William H. Gass, "the finest prose stylist in America" (Steven Moore, Washington Post). Whether he's exploring the nature of narrative, the extent and cost of political influences on writers, or the relationships between the stories we tell and the moral judgments we make, Gass is always erudite, entertaining, and enlightening. |
Contents
Acknowledgments | |
The Nature of Narrative and Its Philosophical Implications | 3 |
Anywhere but Kansas | 28 |
Invisible Cities | 37 |
Sidelonging | 69 |
Ive Got a Little List | 78 |
The Test of Time | 102 |
A Litany | 129 |
Tribalism Identity and Ideology | 172 |
The Shears of the Censor | 179 |
Were There Anything in the World Worth Worship | 196 |
How German Are We? | 206 |
Quotations from Chairman Flaubert | 219 |
There Was an Old Woman Who | 263 |
Transformations | 295 |
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