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| Name: |
William Gaddis | | Variant Name: |
William (Thomas) Gaddis | | Birth Date: |
1922 | | Place of Birth: |
New York City | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
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 Biography of William Gaddis
5678 words, approx. 18.9 pages
 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... summary from source:
Biography of William Gaddis
4633 words, approx. 15.4 pages
"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 Author William Gaddis Country United States of America Language English Genre(s) Novels Publisher Simon & Schuster & Touchstone Publication date 1994 Media type Print ( Hardback & Paperback ) Pages 592 pages...
 Literary Criticism
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 A Frolic of His Own
4,047 words, approx. 14 pages
[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
3,225 words, approx. 11 pages
[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
2,553 words, approx. 9 pages
[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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