| The Case of the Persevering Maltese: Collected Essays Contributor(s): Mathews, Harry (Author) |
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ISBN: 1564782883 ISBN-13: 9781564782885 Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2003 Annotation: A companion to last season's The Human Country: New and Collected Stories, this volume collects all of Harry Mathews's nonfiction. These astonishing essays range from discussions of complex literary and musical forms to the works of Lewis Carroll. Raymond Roussel, Italo Calvino, Joseph McElroy, Georges Perec, and the Oulipo. Throughout the collection Mathews examines the relationship between form and literature in a lucid, intimate voice, arguing with erudition, grace and humor for the importance of artifice. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays |
| Dewey: 814.54 |
| LCCN: 2002041511 |
| Series: American Literature (Dalkey Archive) |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.6" W x 8.66" (0.92 lbs) 332 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A companion to The Human Country: New and collected Stories, this volume collects all of Harry Mathews's non-fiction, including an astonishing range of essays which discuss everything from complex literary and musical forms to the works of Lewis Carroll, Raymond Roussel, Italo Calvino, Joseph McElroy, George Perec and the OuLiPo. Throughout the collection, Mathews examines the relationship between form and literature in a lucid, intimate voice, arguing with erudition, grace and humour for the importance of artifice. |