On Writers and Writing
by John Gardner
ISBN: 0201626721
ISBN-13: 9780201626728
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
John Gardner's very opinionated reviews have been collected here, including essays on such contemporaries as Cheever, Fowles, Styron, Tolkein, Oates, Calvino, Roth, Malamud, and Gaddis.
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Publisher: Perseus Books Group
Published date: 1994
Size: 5.75 x 9.75 inches
Weight: 1.1 pounds
Publisher's Notes
A first-time collection of the essays and reviews of the late artist and critic, presenting his views on Bellow, Nabokov, Updike, and others, explores subjects ranging from religion to fairy tales, and from King Arthur to Walt Disney.
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On Writers and Writing
Gardner, John
Addison-Wesley Publishing, 1994. Sticker residue on front cover. Index, 297 pp. Clean tight copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". ( more information)
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ON WRITERS AND WRITING
Gardner, John and Stewart O'Nan
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On Writers and Writing
Gardner, John
Reading, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Perseus Books, 1994 Hardcover 1994 Edition.Dust jacket and boards fine.Pages unmarked.Binding firm.. First Printing.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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On Writers and Writing
Gardner, John
Cambridge, MA.: Perseus Books, 1994 All pages clean. Some slight damage to dj. First Printing... Hard Back. Used Very Good/Fair. ( more information)
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Gardner, John; intro by Charles Johnson; Stewart O'Nan (editor)
Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., 1994. Signed by O'Nan on title page. Green rem. mark bottom edge. Upper corners bumped. Small indents and bumps to back board that imprint through to rear EPs and last sev. pp. DJ sl. wrinkles upper corners and sm. indents on rear. Book generally very crisp, appears unread. A very nice reading copy. Published posthumously, 12 years after his tragic death, the book brings together for the first time Gardner's essays and reviews on his fellow writers. . Signed by Editor. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. Remainder. ( more information)
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On Writers and Writing
Gardner, John (Stewart O'Nan, editor)
Addisen-Wesley, 1994. Hardback 1st Edition, 1st Printing Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Remainder marks on bottom edge, a little scuffing on dust jacket. Small stain on bottom edge of boards and dust jacket. Still a very nice copy. Introduction by Charles Johnson. Published posthumously, book brings together author's essays and reviews on his fellow writers. ISBN: 0201626721 ( more information)
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On Writers & Writing
Gardner, John
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On Writers & Writing
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Addison-Wesley. 1st printing,1994. Very Good+/Very Good hard cover. 8vo,boards,297pp. edgewear,rubbing,dust jacket. light shelfwear cover. clean,tight,text. lit.s ( more information)
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ON WRITERS AND WRITING
Gardner, John
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On Writers and Writing
Gardner, John; O'Nan, Stewart (editor)
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On Writers And Writing
Gardner, John [with an Introduction By Charles Johnson; Edited By Stewart O'Nan]
Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Reading, MA 1994, 1994. First edition. xxii, 298pp, including Index. Beige half-cloth, cream paper boards, red gilt spine lettering, dark gray endpapers. Dust jacket price 25.00. Book and dust jacket are in As New, unread condition. No remainder markings."John Gardner (1933-1982) was an important American writer and academic whose talent was so great, in so many disciplines, that when one looks back on his lengthy career as novelist, poet, essayist, dramatist, translator and teacher, it is tempting to quit--just quit, cold turkey--even trying to write. He was that good. He entered DePauw University, intending to study chemistry, but the lure of writing proved too strong for him as an undergraduate. Gardner taught at Oberlin, Chico State College, and San Francisco State College. He taught the young Raymond Carver at Chico and founded the prestigious literary magazine MSS, publishing the work of Joyce Carol Oates and W.S. Merwin. In 1963 he published 'The Edge of the Woods' in the Quarterly Review of Literature and translated 'The Alliterative Morte Arthure' and 'The Complete Works of Gawain-Poet', and also managed to complete a thousand-page study on the life and works of Geoffrey Chaucer. In 1964 New American Library agreed to publish 'The Resurrection' and expressed an interest in Nickel Mountain as well. In short order, Gardner began 'The Sunlight Dialogs', taught at Southern Illinois University, and published 'Nickel Mountain' in 1966. A long productive life of teaching and writing fiction ensued while teaching at the University of Detroit, Northwestern, The Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Bennington, Skidmore, Williams, George Mason University, and finally at the State University of New York at Binghampton, where he headed the creative writing program until his death.It is safe to say that an entire generation of American writers has benefited from John Gardner's love for literature and his unique ability to translate the quotidian processes of the working author into meaningful dialog and example in the classroom. Gardner is perhaps most famous for two books about writing, 'On Moral Fiction' and 'The Art of Fiction', works that should grace any serious writer's bookshelf. Throughout his lengthy literary career, John Gardner's personal life was less-than-neat. He married and divorced again, and it was on the way to his third wedding, to Susan Thornton in 1982, that he died in a motorcycle accident in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, at the age of 49." - riverrun. "[This book] brings together, for the first time, John Gardner's essays and reviews on his fellow writers and reaffirms his status as one of the most intellligent, generous, and insightful critics of his generation." - front dust jacket flap. With a long, insightful, honest introduction by Charles Johnson, former Gardner student. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket/Fine. Illus. by Dust Jacket Design By Jean Seal; Text Design By Ruth Kolbert. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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On Writers and Writing
Gardner, John
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On Writers and Writing
John Gardner
Addison Wesley, 1994. Dust jacket has a bit of rubbing, creasing and wear.. ISBN: 0-201-62672-1. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good-. Non-Fiction, Writing, Writers, Book Reviews. ( more information)
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ON WRITERS AND WRITING
Gardner, John
Reading, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Perseus Books, 1994. Introduction by Charles Johnson. Edited by Stewart O'Nan. As new, unread copy, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket.. ISBN: 0201626721. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. BOOKS REVIEWS LITERARY CRITICISM READING. ( more information)
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On Writers and Writing
Gardner, John (Stewart O'Nan, editor; Charles Johnson, introduction)
Reading, MA: Addison Wesley, 1994. Dust jacket is protected by Brodart cover. Book has light bump to bottom corner of back board.. Signed by Editor, Stewart O'Nan, on the Title Page. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. ( more information)
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On Writers and Writing
Gardner, John
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Gardner, John (Stewart O'Nan, editor; Charles Johnson, introduction)
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On Writers and Writing. Introduction by Charles Johnson
Gardner, John
New York:: Addison Wesley,, 1994. 0201626721. First Printing of the First Edition. A Fine tight unread copy in a Fine bright unclipped dust jacket. This volume brings together for the first time Gardner's essays and reviews on his fellow writers and confirms his status as one of the most intelligent and probing writers and critics of his generation. Some of the essays included are: An Invective Against Mere Fiction, The Way We Write Now, A Writer's View of Contemporary American Fiction, What Writers Do, and Cartoons. His book reviews address works by Calvino, Styron, Malamud, John Cheever, Tolkien, Fowles, Lewis Carroll, Roth, Gaddis, and Percy.. ( more information)
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On Writers and Writing
Gardner, John
Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1994. Hard Cover. John Gardner -- 1st Edition 1st Printing -- FINE/NONE -- copy of On Writers and Writing. 8vo. 288 pp. Uncorrected Proof. Edited by Stewart O'Nan, with an Introduction by Charles Johnson. Bound in light-grey paper wraps. An impersonal letter, from the publisher to the reviewer, is laid-in. The tail of the spine is gently bumped, the rear paper wrap is a trifle dust-stained, and the bottom edge of the front paper wrap bears a very light crease. The corners are sharp, and the text is clean and sharp throughout. A great copy of essays and literary critiques by John Gardner. WHS Published by: Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1994 First edition. ( more information)
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ON WRITERS AND WRITING
Gardner, John
Reading: Addison Wesley, 1994. First edition, first prnt. Edited by Stewart O'Nan. Introduction by Charles Johnson. Signed by O'Nan on the title page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with a Durafold mylar cover. Signed by Editor. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The image is of the book described and not a stock photo. ( more information)
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John Gardner : On Writers & Writing
Gardner, John: O'Nan, Stewart (editor); Johnson, Charles (introduction)
Reading, MA, U.S.A.: Boston: Addison-Wesley, 1994, 1994. FINE stated 1st printing in a FINE dust jacket (price intact). SIGNED by the editor (Stewart O'Nan), as well as SIGNED by Charles Johnson, who wrote the introduction. Archival dust jacket protector provided.. ISBN: 0201626721. Signed by Editor & a Contributor. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. BOOKS REVIEWS LITERARY CRITICISM READING Modern 1sts. ( more information)
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On Writers & Writing
Gardner, John; O'Nan, Stewart (editor)
Reading, MA, U.S.A.: Addison-Wesley Longman, Incorporated, 1994. Fine/Fine dust jacket. First Printing. ISBN:0201626721. This copy is signed by both Stewart O'Nan who edited this collection and Charles Johnson who wrote the introduction.. Signed by Author(s). F. Hardcover. ( more information)
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