Break Every Rule: Essays on Language, Longing, and Moments of Desire

by Carole Maso

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In this groundbreaking work of ecstatic criticism, Carole Maso shows why she has risen, over the past fifteen years, as one of the brightest stars in the literary firmament. Ever refusing to be marginalized or categorized by genre, Maso is an incisive, compassionate writer who deems herself daughter of William Carlos Williams, a pioneer in combining poetry and fiction with criticism, journalism, and the visual arts. She is daughter, too, of Allen Ginsberg, who also came from Paterson, New show more Jersey. Known for her audacity, whether exploring language and memory or the development of the artistic soul, Maso here gives us a form-challenging collection, intelligent, and persuasive. show less

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Fiction and Literature, Literature Studies and Criticism
DDC/MDS
814.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican essays in English20th Century1945-1999
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PS3563 .A786 .B74Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-
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