05645nam 2200637 450 991079719410332120230807214242.01-61117-509-7(CKB)3710000000383144(EBL)2054889(OCoLC)905903168(SSID)ssj0001457816(PQKBManifestationID)11822870(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001457816(PQKBWorkID)11444199(PQKB)10859568(MiAaPQ)EBC2054889(MdBmJHUP)muse41878(Au-PeEL)EBL2054889(CaPaEBR)ebr11037857(CaONFJC)MIL759966(EXLCZ)99371000000038314420150428h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOff the books on literature and culture /J. Peder ZaneColumbia, South Carolina :The University of South Carolina Press,2015.©20151 online resource (345 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-336-28680-6 1-61117-508-9 ""Cover ""; ""OFF THE BOOKS ""; ""Title ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Dedication ""; ""Contents ""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Between the Covers: Classic Fiction ""; ""Eudora Welty: The Writersâ€? Writer ""; ""John Fante: What the Boys Read ""; ""Knut Hamsun: Risking a Literary Friendship """"Georges Simenon: Rediscovering a Literary Phenomenon """"Walter Brooks: The World According to Freddy the Pig ""; ""Robert Penn Warrenâ€?A King Restored: Round Two for an American Classic ""; ""Thomas/Tom Wolfe: The Man Who Cried Wolfe ""; ""Ralph Ellison: Popeye vs. The Invisible Man """"Nadezhda Mandelstam: Spanish Wine and Oranges """"Beyond the Covers: Contemporary Fiction ""; ""E. L. Doctorow: The Civil War in All Its Raging Glory ""; ""Richard Slotkin: 11 Openings to Abe Lincoln ""; ""Dan Brown: Iâ€?ve Cracked the Code of â€?Da Vinci Codeâ€? Hypomania """"Haruki Murakami: A Writer Who Takes on the World """"Lydia Millet: A Daring Tale of a Lonely Heart ""; ""Nicholson Baker: Bomb-Throwing Book Against Bush Fizzles ""; ""Don DeLilloâ€?s Sound And Fury ""; ""Tom Wolfe: Far from Empty, Not Quite Full """"Thomas Pynchon: Another Monument in Pynchonland """"Norman Mailer Celebrates Himself, Again ""; ""Philip Roth for MVP ""; ""Southern Writing Lives ""; ""David Sedaris: Him Write Pretty ""; ""Jonathan Miles: Author Keeps the Tales Pouring ""; ""Jonathan Williams: Nosing Out Talent """"Reynolds Price: Rooted in His Native Soil """Head Off the Books in this collection of newspaper columns, where J. Peder Zane uses classic and contemporary literature to explore American culture and politics. The book review editor for the Raleigh, North Carolina News & Observer from 1996 to 2009, Zane demonstrates that good books are essential for understanding ourselves and the world around us. The one hundred and thirty columns gathered in Off the Books find that sweet spot where literature's eternal values meet the day's current events. Together they offer a literary overview of the ideas, issues, and events shaping our culture--from 9/11 and the struggle for gay rights to the decline of high culture and the rise of sensationalism and solipsism. As they plumb and draw from the work of leading writers--from William Faulkner, Knut Hamsun, and Eudora Welty to Don DeLillo, Lydia Millet, and Philip Roth--these columns make an argument not just about the pleasure of books, but about their very necessity in our lives and culture"--Provided by publisher.Literature and societyBooks and readingLiterature and society.Books and reading.809/.93358LCO010000LIT004020LIT007000bisacshZane J. Peder1527752MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797194103321Off the books3770896UNINA