A Reader's Guide to William Gaddis's "The Recognitions" [Hardcover]

Steven Moore (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 337 pages
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press; 1St Edition edition (May 1, 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0803230729
• ISBN-13: 978-0803230729
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,410,652 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Steven Moore--author, literary critic, editor, bookseller--was born outside Los Angeles in 1951, and moved to Littleton, Colorado, in 1963. He earned a B.A. and M.A. from the University of Northern Colorado (1973, 1974), and later a Ph.D. from Rutgers University (1988). From 1988 until 1996 he was Managing Editor of the Dalkey Archive Press/Review of Contemporary Fiction, and has at various periods in his life worked as a bookseller for both independents and chains. He lives alone in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

He is the author/editor of several books and essays on modern literature, especially on William Gaddis, and for years has reviewed new books for a variety of periodicals, primarily for the Washington Post. In April 2010, Continuum published the first volume of his "The Novel: An Alternative History."