"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 seco...
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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 ea...
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Critical Essay by Peter William Koenig
[Few] outside of a coterie of devoted followers have read or even heard of The Recognitions…. We have now had, however, access to some of Gaddis' ...
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Critical Essay by Maxwell Geismar
In some quarters of the literary scene today William Gaddis's novel "The Recognitions" is bound to be praised to the skies, and this reviewer ke...
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Critical Essay by Charles J. Rolo
[The Recognitions] is an immensely long first novel whose spiritual forebears are Joyce's Ulysses, Eliot's The Waste Land, and Gide's The Counte...
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Critical Essay by James J. Stathis
[In The Recognitions, the] canvas overflows with characters who are fatally infected with a malady that the author naturally attributes to decayed religious, profes...
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Critical Essay by Joseph S. Salemi
Despite the intricacies of structure and design that have gone into the making of The Recognitions, there is apparent in the work, as in the flamenco music so loved...
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Critical Essay by J. Bakker
In a world in which people cling to their separateness, originality as a justification of their claim to individuality is of prime importance. But what if they lack origin...
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An appeals court has ruled that a gay couple's marriage in Canada should be recognized in New York state.The ruling could put New York on the path to joining New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut and...
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Pope Benedict XVI urged immigrants on Sunday to respect the social values of their new countries and said laws are needed to protect their dignity.Benedict, addressing pilgrims and tourists in St. ...
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Two dozen states filed a brief on behalf of two San Francisco Chronicle reporters, telling a federal appeals court that public interest demands the recognition of a journalist's right to protect co...
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NAIROBI, Dec 7 (Reuters) - A new species of giant spitting
cobra, measuring nearly nine feet and possessing enough venom to
kill at least 15 people, has been discovered in Kenya, a
conservation gr...
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Amman (dpa) - The Islamic Action Front (IAF), Jordan's biggest
political party, on Saturday urged the government to reject
unequivocally US President George W Bush's remarks...
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Thousands of Buddhist monks demonstrated outside Parliament on Thursday to demand that Thailand's new constitution enshrine Buddhism as the official national religion.The Constitution Drafting Comm...
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Tel Aviv (dpa) - Those who say the success of the Annapolis
conference lies in the fact that it is being held are only half
correct.
The level of attendance i...
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The Japanese government is set to introduce in April a broader
standard for recognizing sufferers of atomic-bomb diseases after it
gained approval for the plan from the ruling parties Thursda...
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GUT FEELINGS: THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE UNCONSCIOUSBy Gerd Gigerenzer Viking, 280 pages, $25.95
Readers who found Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink stronger on anecdote than analysis will welcome this i...
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A U.S. official in Okinawa Prefecture said Wednesday he
recognizes the need to move a proposed airfield in Nago further
offshore than currently planned but ruled out the possibility of
revis...
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William Gaddis
Critical Essay by Peter William Koenig
Court: Gay marriage in Canada should be recognized in New York
