Let Us Build Us a City

Daugherty considers the principles of literary art in a series of essays that focus on the nature of artistic vision and the creative individual's relationship to the world. The book reads like a master class on writing as practice.

About the author

TRACY DAUGHERTY is the author of, most recently, The Last Love Song: A Biography of Joan Didion. He has also published four novels, six short story collections, and a book of personal essays as well as biographies of Donald Barthelme and Joseph Heller. He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English and Creative Writing at Oregon State University.

Summary

Considers the principles of literary art in a series of essays that focus on the nature of artistic vision and the creative individual's relationship to the world. The book reads like a master class on writing as practice, while performing a deep reading of art and life and looking to discern why liberal education matters so much to our society.

Product details

• Authors: Tracy Daugherty, John (EDT)/ Daugherty Griswold
• Assisted by: John Griswold (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2017
• EAN: 9780820350813
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-5081-3
• No. of pages: 200
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Crux: The Georgia Series in Li; Crux: The Georgia Series in Li; Crux: The Georgia Literary Non
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Anthologien (nicht Lyrik), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, Biography / Autobiography