Encounters

Kai Erikson

Published by Yale University Press 1989

Encounters

Kai Erikson

https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300160475

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This engaging book presents a series of word portraits by and about some of the notable figures of our time. In each chapter, a well-known person from the world of arts and letters recalls a memorable encounter with another famous individual who is no longer living--for example, Isaiah Berlin on Edmund Wilson, John Hersey on Sinclair Lewis, Maury Yeston on Alan Jay Lerner. These reminiscences offer wonderful glimpses into the lives and spirits of vital creative minds. Sometimes moving, sometimes whimsical, always insightful, they are a delight to read.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
INTRODUCTION Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
L'AprGs-midi de Mary Garden Paul Horgan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Edmund Wilson at Oxford Isaiah Berlin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
Playing Chess with Arthur Koestler Julian Barnes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
Alva Myrdal Sissela Bok Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
Meeting Matisse Quentin Bell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
My Summer with Sinclair Lewis John Hersey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
Charles Olson and an American Place Francine Du Plessix Gray Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
Alan Jay Lerner: Words and Music Maury Yeston Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
Mr. Randolph Bayard Rustin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
Seeking Out Christina Stead Hortense Calisher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	84
Jean Renoir Harry Levin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
Three Passions of Paul Hindemith Willie Ruff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
Notes after Austin Stanley Cavell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	116
An Exemplary Edmund Wilson Monroe Engel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	124
Courier for Jacques Lacan Eileen Simpson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
Remembering Auden John Hollander Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	140
Maugham Mary Lee Settle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	150
Le Patron, Jean Piaget Jerome Bruner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160

Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press

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Published: May 9, 2022
ISBN: 9780300160475