LEADER 02272nam 2200409 450 001 9910795390803321 005 20230814220314.0 010 $a1-61472-886-0 035 $a(CKB)4940000000149462 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5987851 035 $a(EXLCZ)994940000000149462 100 $a20191225h20181979 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBooks are not life but then what is? /$f'Marvin Mudrick ; with an new introduction by Jervey Tervalon ; cover illustration by Mike Solomon 210 1$aGreat Barrington, Massachusetts :$cBerkshire Publishing Group,$d2018. 210 4$dİ1979 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 260 pages) 311 $a1-61472-027-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aI. People: just like you and me -- The Emperor of China -- Su cosa mi cosa; or, Busy busy busy -- The offending member -- The entertainer -- I don't care what mama don't allow -- Pushkin in English -- The ugly duck -- Father knows best -- Portnoy's bachelor uncle -- Aged eagles and dirty old men -- Issues and answers: or, If you've tried it don't knock it -- The smell of martality -- II. Scholars: the soft recesses of uneasy minds -- The blind men and the elephant -- Stone-deaf theologians -- III. Operators: if they don't like it here why don't they go back where they came from? -- Adorable ideas and absent plenitudes -- Mad dogs and anglo shrinks -- A thrust in the hand is worth two in the bush -- IV. Books in bunches: the fox and the grapes -- Old pros with news from nowhere -- Fiction and truth -- V. Four ways of looking: books are not life but then what is? -- Chamber of horrors -- Good and proper (I) -- Good and proper (II) -- Mrs. Harris and the hend of all things. 606 $aLiterature, Modern$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aLiterature, Modern$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a809 700 $aMudrick$b Marvin$0132400 702 $aTervalon$b Jervey 702 $aSolomon$b Mike 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910795390803321 996 $aBooks are not life but then what is$93818965 997 $aUNINA