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A Frolic of His Own by William Gaddis

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Author Biography

Name: William Gaddis
Variant Name: William (Thomas) Gaddis
Birth Date: 1922
Place of Birth: New York City
Nationality: American
Gender: Male

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Biography of William Gaddis
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For William Gaddis, writing novels entailed a quasi-religious seriousness, akin, in spirit, to a ceremony of consolation. His novels may appear different from one another on the surfaces; yet, they each return to a set of abiding concerns, including the...
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Biography of William Gaddis
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"William Gaddis was born in New York City in 1922. His earlier and only other published work, The Recognitions, appeared in 1955." That is the complete biographical note on the jacket of Gaddis's second novel, J R (1975), and about all he would have the...


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A Frolic of His Own Information
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A frolic of his own is a phrase used by the judges in the case Joel v Morison (1834) 6 C&P 501 at 503 on the law of vicarious liability. A Frolic of His Own is a novel by William Gaddis. Published in 1994 by Poseidon Press, A Frolic of His Own was...


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World Literature Today
A Frolic of His Own. (book reviews)
09/22/1994: 530 words, approx. 2 pages
William Gaddis writes as if he is using an Uzi instead of a typewriter. He writes, in fact, as no one has ever exactly written before. His characters and events are delineated not by narration but by dialogue, in staccato bursts of language--words,...
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CRITIQUE: Studies in Contemporary Fiction
The law of the excluded muddle: the ethics of improvisation in William Gaddis's 'A Frolic of His Own.'
06/22/1998: 7,051 words, approx. 24 pages
William Gaddis expands on his theory of living deliberately despite the existence of chance in his novel 'A Frolic of His Own.' The central character Basie accepts the ethics of indeterminacy, and is able to create for himself a universe adapted to chance. Gaddis...
 


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A Frolic of His Own
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[Raban is an English critic, educator, and editor. In the following review, he lauds Gaddis's characterizations, his focus on late twentieth-century life, and his use of dialogue, language, and farce in A Frolic of His Own.]
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A Frolic of His Own
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[Birkerts is an American critic and educator. In the following review, he discusses the plot and structure of A Frolic of His Own, noting the volume's relationship to Gaddis's previous works.]
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A Frolic of His Own
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[Wood is an English-born critic, screenwriter, and educator. In the following review, he examines Gaddis's use of dialogue, wordplay, and humor in A Frolic of His Own.]
 


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