Letters Of Intent: Selected Essays

Author(s): Cynthia Ozick

Essays

'What we ought to do, as writers, is seize freedom now, immediately, by recognizing that we already have it.' Cynthia Ozick, one of 'the greatest living American writers', has, over a lifetime of observation, produced some of the sharpest and most influential works of criticism in contemporary Anglo-American writing. Described as the 'Emily Dickinson of the Bronx' and 'one of the most accomplished and graceful literary stylists of her time', her acclaimed works span topics from Henry James to Helen Keller, and from Christian Heroism to lovesickness. The essays selected here come from the six volumes Ozick published in the USA over the last thirty-three years. Collected by David Miller, Ozick's friend and agent, they represent the diversity, curiosity, originality, and crackling wit of her works. A volume to treasure, to re-read and to relish, this is Cynthia Ozick, 'the Athena of America's literary pantheon', at her very best.


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9781786491077
  • : Atlantic Books
  • : Atlantic Books
  • : 935.0
  • : October 2016
  • : 234mm X 156mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Cynthia Ozick
  • : OO
  • : Main
  • : 814.54
  • : 608
  • : DNF