Habitations of the Word: Essays (Cornell Paperbacks)

By William H. Gass

Book Overview

Author William H. Gass analyzes as though under a microscope the many and varied ways writers carpenter structures with words to house language forms. "Using Freudian concepts, he compares the art of writing to the art of becoming civilized: writing parallels the transformation of raw instinct into shared expression. . . . Gass writes with impassioned concern".--PUBLISHERS WEEKLY.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080148488X
• ISBN13: 9780801484889
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.8" x 6.3"