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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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Author
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
Work
Publication
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
Instance
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
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
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
Instantiates
Publication
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
Publication
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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