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18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
O I have sailed the seas and come to B . . .
At his best, Gass reminds me of Montaigne. While the latter spent much of his time ruminating about Self, Gass essays his verbal prowess to inhabit Word--the logos made flesh. The later Wittgenstein also comes to mind. His seminal short story, "In the Heart of the Heart of the Country," was a tour de force, a literary work which bowled me over with its...
Published on January 2, 2001 by Kerosene
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7 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Gass's wordplay addiction is indefatigable & unendurable
From THE DOOMED IN THEIR SINKING by William Gass: "My mother managed. She was what we call a dedicated passive ... liquidly acquiescent ... supinely on the go." Supinely on the go. How I love that phrase. Unfortunately, Gass has an icky addiction to wordplay. He grinds out so much non-stop alliteration & assonance that I really can't blame anyone for hating...
Published on June 30, 2005 by Gooch McCracken
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18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
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O I have sailed the seas and come to B . . .,
By Kerosene (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The World Within The Word Essays (Paperback)
At his best, Gass reminds me of Montaigne. While the latter spent much of his time ruminating about Self, Gass essays his verbal prowess to inhabit Word--the logos made flesh. The later Wittgenstein also comes to mind. His seminal short story, "In the Heart of the Heart of the Country," was a tour de force, a literary work which bowled me over with its virtuosity with language. His essays, likewise, show a brilliant mind at work, pursuing obsessively words that make metaphysical of the quotidian.
7 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Gass's wordplay addiction is indefatigable & unendurable,
By Gooch McCracken (c/o your haunted slab of Velveeta) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The World Within The Word Essays (Paperback)
From THE DOOMED IN THEIR SINKING by William Gass: "My mother managed. She was what we call a dedicated passive ... liquidly acquiescent ... supinely on the go."
Supinely on the go. How I love that phrase. Unfortunately, Gass has an icky addiction to wordplay. He grinds out so much non-stop alliteration & assonance that I really can't blame anyone for hating him. It really is *that* obnoxious. |
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The World Within The Word Essays by William H. Gass (Paperback - October 24, 2000)
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