{"product_id":"conversations-with-william-h-gass-william-h-gass-9781617037016","title":"Conversations with William H. Gass","description":"\u003ci\u003eConversations with William H. Gass\u003c\/i\u003e captures the imagination and philosophical acumen of one of America's most important aestheticians, critical theorists, fiction writers, and essayists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From his first major novel, \u003ci\u003eOmensetter's Luck\u003c\/i\u003e (1966), to his numerous collections of essays and philosophical inquiries, to his controversial novel \u003ci\u003eThe Tunnel\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), Gass (b. 1924) has proved himself a meticulous craftsman. Throughout these interviews, he reveals an aesthetic that combines ideas from sources as disparate as Ludwig Wittgenstein, Rainer Maria Rilke, Gertrude Stein, and Plato. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The interviews make clear the unity behind Gass's views is by his own design. Conversations retrace his undergraduate years at Kenyon College and his subsequent philosophical investigation of metaphor at Cornell University. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gass has never strayed from his belief that metaphor is central and fundamental to thought and to aesthetics. In these interviews he reiterates time and again his belief that the ultimate understanding of the relationship of language to the world pivots on one's understanding of metaphor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e n interviews, in profiles, and in his own essays, Gass does not hide from questions about his art and personal motivations, no matter how frequently they are asked, nor does he toy with his interviewers. Revealing how he never shies from an intellectual joust, this collection includes a rousing, contentious debate with John Gardner, fellow literary pundit and fiction writer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The distinction of Gass's prose is matched by the clarity and brilliance of the mind behind it. These talks allow an unobstructed view. Anyone interested in Gass's writing will delight in hearing the brutally honest voice of the mind that produced it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Theodore G. Ammon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 161703701X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781617037016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/12\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d","brand":"Theodore G. Ammon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054809968895,"sku":"9781617037016","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_92f34fac-3bae-4e7e-a36d-a7ca8c8177a1.jpg?v=1685032126","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/conversations-with-william-h-gass-william-h-gass-9781617037016","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}