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Critics, Monsters, Fanatics, and Other Literary Essays

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If every outlet for book criticism suddenly disappeared—if all we had were reviews that treated books like any other commodity—could the novel survive? In a gauntlet throwing essay at the start of this brilliant assemblage, Cynthia Ozick stakes the claim that, just as surely as critics require a steady supply of new fiction, novelists need great critics to build a vibrant community on the foundation of literary history. For decades, Ozick herself has been one of our great critics, as these essays so clearly display. She offers models of critical analysis of writers from the mid-twentieth century to today, from Saul Bellow, Bernard Malamud, and Kafka, to William Gass and Martin Amis, all assembled in provocatively named groups: Fanatics, Monsters, Figures, and others. Uncompromising and brimming with insight, these essays are essential reading for anyone facing the future of literature in the digital age.
Author Cynthia Ozick
Narrator Donna Postel
Duration 7 hours and 13 minutes
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ISBN 9781681680491
Format Audiobook
Publisher Highbridge Company
Genre Anthologies: general, Literary essays, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: from c 2000, Literary studies: general, Literature: history and criticism
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