The Resource Empire of self : a life of Gore Vidal, Jay Parini
Empire of self : a life of Gore Vidal, Jay Parini
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The item Empire of self : a life of Gore Vidal, Jay Parini represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
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- Summary
- "The life of Gore Vidal was an amazingly full one: full of colorful incident, famous people, and lasting achievements that calls out for careful evocation and examination. Jay Parini crafts Vidal's life into [a] ... story that puts the experience of one of the great American figures of the postwar era into context; introduces the author and his works to a generation who may not know him; and looks behind the scenes at the man and his work in ways never possible before his death"--Amazon.com
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 464 pages
- Contents
-
- Introduction. Rock Creek ramble
- A silver-plated mug
- Capitol steps
- A wider world
- Truman and Gore at the Plaza
- Not a lovely war
- Two roads diverging
- Storm at sea
- Hearts of darkness
- Edgewater recalled
- Portrait of the artist as Balletomane
- Pillars of salt
- Stateside
- More dolce vita
- Finding Dutchess County
- Loving Howard
- Beverly Hills blues
- Detecting life
- The Spanish main
- Media as messages
- Silvery screens
- More visits to small planets
- Outlaws
- Ben-Hur
- A place at the round table
- At the Water's edge - Hyannis
- "You'll get more with Gore"
- Slouching towards Camelot
- Essaying the world
- Roman spring
- Julian rising
- Moravia and Gore on the Isola Tiberna
- Romanitas
- Capitol steps revisited
- The holy family
- Myra
- Busy weekends
- The Vidal-Buckley debates
- Furious visions
- Miss Sontag writes a novel
- A bad year
- Writing Richard Nixon
- Italian hours
- Patriotic Gore
- The swirl
- Myron unmanned
- The man who wouldn't fall to earth
- Half a century
- 1876 and all that
- Memories, dreams, self-reflections
- Apocalypse not quite yet
- Hollywood redux
- Grace and hope
- Gore and Isaiah Berlin in Oxford
- Acting president
- Running in place
- Duluth : love it or loathe it
- Honorary citizen
- Land of Lincoln
- Ah, Venice!
- The lesson of the master
- "It's a trade"
- "One disaster after another"
- Fear of flying
- Imperium
- Sailing the coast
- Adding wings to the mansion
- Lenny and gore
- "Our country's biographer"
- "The other side of the camera"
- Attacking the sky-God
- Thinking about sex
- Retreats, advances
- In the widening gyre
- At the Harvard Faculty Club
- Rethinking Washington
- Dreams of wholeness
- Elder statesman
- Reviewing the life
- The golden age
- Still the best man
- Songs in the Hollywood Hills
- The pamphleteer
- Finding founding fathers
- A death before bedtime
- Marching to the sea
- The last memoir
- Mopping-up operations
- Snapshots of the end
- Conclusion
- Postscript
- Isbn
- 9780385537568
- Label
- Empire of self : a life of Gore Vidal
- Title
- Empire of self
- Title remainder
- a life of Gore Vidal
- Statement of responsibility
- Jay Parini
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The life of Gore Vidal was an amazingly full one: full of colorful incident, famous people, and lasting achievements that calls out for careful evocation and examination. Jay Parini crafts Vidal's life into [a] ... story that puts the experience of one of the great American figures of the postwar era into context; introduces the author and his works to a generation who may not know him; and looks behind the scenes at the man and his work in ways never possible before his death"--Amazon.com
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Parini, Jay
- Dewey number
-
- 813/.54
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS3543.I26
- LC item number
- Z85 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Vidal, Gore
- Authors, American
- Vidal, Gore
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous
- Authors, American
- Label
- Empire of self : a life of Gore Vidal, Jay Parini
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Introduction. Rock Creek ramble -- A silver-plated mug -- Capitol steps -- A wider world -- Truman and Gore at the Plaza -- Not a lovely war -- Two roads diverging -- Storm at sea -- Hearts of darkness -- Edgewater recalled -- Portrait of the artist as Balletomane -- Pillars of salt -- Stateside -- More dolce vita -- Finding Dutchess County -- Loving Howard -- Beverly Hills blues -- Detecting life -- The Spanish main -- Media as messages -- Silvery screens -- More visits to small planets -- Outlaws -- Ben-Hur -- A place at the round table -- At the Water's edge - Hyannis -- "You'll get more with Gore" -- Slouching towards Camelot -- Essaying the world -- Roman spring -- Julian rising -- Moravia and Gore on the Isola Tiberna -- Romanitas -- Capitol steps revisited -- The holy family -- Myra -- Busy weekends -- The Vidal-Buckley debates -- Furious visions -- Miss Sontag writes a novel -- A bad year -- Writing Richard Nixon -- Italian hours -- Patriotic Gore -- The swirl -- Myron unmanned -- The man who wouldn't fall to earth -- Half a century -- 1876 and all that -- Memories, dreams, self-reflections -- Apocalypse not quite yet -- Hollywood redux -- Grace and hope -- Gore and Isaiah Berlin in Oxford -- Acting president -- Running in place -- Duluth : love it or loathe it -- Honorary citizen -- Land of Lincoln -- Ah, Venice! -- The lesson of the master -- "It's a trade" -- "One disaster after another" -- Fear of flying -- Imperium -- Sailing the coast -- Adding wings to the mansion -- Lenny and gore -- "Our country's biographer" -- "The other side of the camera" -- Attacking the sky-God -- Thinking about sex -- Retreats, advances -- In the widening gyre -- At the Harvard Faculty Club -- Rethinking Washington -- Dreams of wholeness -- Elder statesman -- Reviewing the life -- The golden age -- Still the best man -- Songs in the Hollywood Hills -- The pamphleteer -- Finding founding fathers -- A death before bedtime -- Marching to the sea -- The last memoir -- Mopping-up operations -- Snapshots of the end -- Conclusion -- Postscript
- Control code
- 900594425
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 464 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385537568
- Lccn
- 2015004719
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)900594425
- Label
- Empire of self : a life of Gore Vidal, Jay Parini
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Introduction. Rock Creek ramble -- A silver-plated mug -- Capitol steps -- A wider world -- Truman and Gore at the Plaza -- Not a lovely war -- Two roads diverging -- Storm at sea -- Hearts of darkness -- Edgewater recalled -- Portrait of the artist as Balletomane -- Pillars of salt -- Stateside -- More dolce vita -- Finding Dutchess County -- Loving Howard -- Beverly Hills blues -- Detecting life -- The Spanish main -- Media as messages -- Silvery screens -- More visits to small planets -- Outlaws -- Ben-Hur -- A place at the round table -- At the Water's edge - Hyannis -- "You'll get more with Gore" -- Slouching towards Camelot -- Essaying the world -- Roman spring -- Julian rising -- Moravia and Gore on the Isola Tiberna -- Romanitas -- Capitol steps revisited -- The holy family -- Myra -- Busy weekends -- The Vidal-Buckley debates -- Furious visions -- Miss Sontag writes a novel -- A bad year -- Writing Richard Nixon -- Italian hours -- Patriotic Gore -- The swirl -- Myron unmanned -- The man who wouldn't fall to earth -- Half a century -- 1876 and all that -- Memories, dreams, self-reflections -- Apocalypse not quite yet -- Hollywood redux -- Grace and hope -- Gore and Isaiah Berlin in Oxford -- Acting president -- Running in place -- Duluth : love it or loathe it -- Honorary citizen -- Land of Lincoln -- Ah, Venice! -- The lesson of the master -- "It's a trade" -- "One disaster after another" -- Fear of flying -- Imperium -- Sailing the coast -- Adding wings to the mansion -- Lenny and gore -- "Our country's biographer" -- "The other side of the camera" -- Attacking the sky-God -- Thinking about sex -- Retreats, advances -- In the widening gyre -- At the Harvard Faculty Club -- Rethinking Washington -- Dreams of wholeness -- Elder statesman -- Reviewing the life -- The golden age -- Still the best man -- Songs in the Hollywood Hills -- The pamphleteer -- Finding founding fathers -- A death before bedtime -- Marching to the sea -- The last memoir -- Mopping-up operations -- Snapshots of the end -- Conclusion -- Postscript
- Control code
- 900594425
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 464 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385537568
- Lccn
- 2015004719
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)900594425
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