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City Dog
W.S. Di Piero
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Description for City Dog
Paperback. A collection of essays that veers from the author's early years as the son of immigrants in Philadelphia to his working life in art, film, music, and poetry. It shows him to be insightful about himself and his work in spite of his protestations against the 'boosterism' of autobiography. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 281.
When a self-proclaimed 'lazy scholar' embarks on a trip through his life's influences - as diverse as girl-group doo-wop, Yeats, and Van Gogh - readers are in for an illuminating ride. This collection of essays from cultural critic Di Piero veers from his early years as the son of immigrants in Philadelphia to his working life in art, film, music, and poetry. Along with a few choice essays reprinted from out-of-print collections, Di Piero's new work shows him to be insightful about himself and his work in spite of his protestations against the 'boosterism' of autobiography.Through the lens of his ... Read more
When a self-proclaimed 'lazy scholar' embarks on a trip through his life's influences - as diverse as girl-group doo-wop, Yeats, and Van Gogh - readers are in for an illuminating ride. This collection of essays from cultural critic Di Piero veers from his early years as the son of immigrants in Philadelphia to his working life in art, film, music, and poetry. Along with a few choice essays reprinted from out-of-print collections, Di Piero's new work shows him to be insightful about himself and his work in spite of his protestations against the 'boosterism' of autobiography.Through the lens of his ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
Number of Pages
196
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810125162
SKU
V9780810125162
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About W.S. Di Piero
W. S. Di Piero is a professor of English and creative writing at Stanford University. His books include Out of Eden, Shooting the Works, and the poetry collections Brother Fire, Shadows Burning, and Skirts and Slacks. Bookforum, the New Yorker, the New York Times Book Review, and Poetry have all featured his work. A regular contributor to Threepenny Review, he ... Read more
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