Fire the Bastards!
by Jack Green
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"Fire the Bastards! "is a scorching attack on the book-review media using the critical reception of William Gaddis's 1955 novel "The Recognitions "as a case study.Tags
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A polemic directed against shoddy reviewers, especially those of William Gaddis's so-called masterpiece The Recognitions. Soon palls and is difficult to read because shoddily written and repetitious. Of interest to 50s writers and all who believe in the little guy's right to be heard.
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Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1992
- People/Characters
- William Gaddis
- Original language
- English
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, Literature Studies and Criticism, Fiction and Literature
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PS3557 .A28 .R433 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1961-
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- 63
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- Reviews
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 2
