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American Literature (Dalkey Archive) Ser.: Inviting the Muses : Stories, Essays, Reviews by Marguerite Young (1994, Hardcover)

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Marguerite Young is best known as the author of Miss MacIntosh, My Darling, a 1200-page novel published to great critical acclaim in 1965 and since then considered a landmark of contemporary American literature. But she is also an enchanting essayist and a perceptive critic, and Inviting the Muses gathers all her shorter prose writings, most of which are unknown even to her admirers. Three short stories (one previously unpublished) are followed by essays and reviews on a wide variety of topics: the Midwest in which Young grew up, writers she admires, the act of writing itself, dolls, horses, deaf-mutes, Mormons (Young is a descendant of Brigham Young), and always the primacy of the imagination in all human endeavors. Young celebrates complex life and complex letters (the title of one of the essays), avoiding the commonplace to seek out the mysterious unities that bind disparate activities. Her style mixes elegance with whimsy, wisdom with wit, and her attitude alternates between wonder for life in all its bizarre variety and impatience with those blind to that variety. Inviting the Muses reconfirms Young's eminence as a grande dame of American letters.

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Publisher
Deep Vellum Publishing
ISBN-10
1564780538
ISBN-13
9781564780539
eBay Product ID (ePID)
384552

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Book Title
Inviting the Muses : Stories, Essays, Reviews
Author
Marguerite Young
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
General
Publication Year
1994
Genre
Literary Criticism
Number of Pages
246 Pages

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Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6.3in
Length
9.3in
Item Weight
21.2 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Ps3547.O49i56 1994
Grade from
College Graduate Student
Reviews
"Devotees of Young ( Miss MacIntosh, My Darling ) will welcome this collection of her early writings." -- Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright Date
1994
Lccn
94-002079
Dewey Decimal
813/.52
Intended Audience
Trade
Series
American Literature (Dalkey Archive) Ser.
Dewey Edition
20

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