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Item specifics
- Condition
- Personalize
- No
- Signed
- No
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Personalized
- No
- Original Language
- English
- Inscribed
- No
- Vintage
- Yes
- ISBN
- 9780815411482
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cooper Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN-10
0815411480
ISBN-13
9780815411482
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1959472
Product Key Features
Book Title
Greenwich Village Reader : Fiction, Poetry, and Reminiscences
Number of Pages
768 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2001
Topic
General, American / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.9 in
Item Weight
0 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2001-034618
Reviews
The selections, which are taken from authors who have lived in or written about the Village, begin with James McCabe's 1872 description of Bleecker Street and end with Barney Rossett's 2001 memoir. ... Extras that round out the set nicely and add much to its usefulness include a brief history, a chronology, a map with literary landmarks, lists of Village writers, a list of fiction and movies set in the Village, literary sites, and further reading. ... A remarkable picture of a remarkable place emerges., For the richness and variety of the selections, The Greenwich Village Reader transcends all previous books about the subject, demonstrating that a compendious compilation can sometimes treat a subject more throughly than a volume written by only one person., The multifarious but distinct flavor of the district shines through in selections (some presented in full but many of them excerpted) as varied as a Djuna Barnes article on some downtown hotspots, Sinclair Lewis's short story "Hobohemia," Willa Cather's Washington Square short story "Coming, Aphrodite!," a Lionel Trilling piece on Edmund Wilson, Howard Smith's Village Voice article on Jack Kerouac, Joyce Johnson's memoir Minor Characters and poems by Frank O'Hara., Incontrovertible is that Greenwich Village is, as the Greenwich Village Reader puts it, "America's most seminal literary landscape.", Explores that landscape for more than 700 pages and probably could have expanded into another volume or two. It contains views of Village life-and-death culled from the works of nearly 70 authors and poets
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
810.8/0327471
Synopsis
Captures the infinite facades of the Village by presenting memoirs, articles, essays, poems, short stories, and excerpts from novels set in the West Village or penned by a Villager., The Greenwich Village Reader presents memoirs, articles, essays, poems, songs, letters, and excerpts from novels. The book ably represents the many faces of the Village: the aristocrats of the 1890s, the bohemians of the pre-World War I era, the underground denizens of the 1940s, the beats of the 1950s, the folkies of the 1960s, and inhabitants of the present day., More than any other neighborhood in America, New York City's Greenwich Village has played a leading role in the development of over 130 years of art and culture. In The Greenwich Village Reader, editor June Skinner Sawyers gathers for the first time writings chronicling the changes the Village has seen over the years, from the late 1800s to the present day. Over sixty unique voices tell of their varied experiences of the Village in letters, articles, poems, excerpts from novels, and memoirs. Contents of the book include: Henry James recalling his return to the Village years after writing Washington Square; Djuna Barnes explaining the Village's mystique to the rest of the world; fiction set in Washington Square by Willa Cather and Edith Wharton; Max Eastman remembering his days as the editor of The Masses; Jack Kerouac and Joyce Johnson on the Beats that called the Village home in the 50s; Edmund White writing of the days preceding the Stonewall Riots; Madison Smartt Bell describing a Washington Square heroin dealer from the 80s; and many other writings on Greenwich Village's gentry, bohemians, flappers, poets, immigrants, musicians, radicals, and wide-eyed visitors. Even for all of its transformations, Greenwich Village has always been able to embrace a unique mix of residents. The Greenwich Village Reader shows how this section of New York, one that has left an enduring mark on its inhabitants and the rest of the nation, is unlike any other place in the country.
LC Classification Number
PS549.N5G74 2001
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- l***a (6744)- Feedback left by buyer.Past yearVerified purchaseEXCELLENT book...VERY WELL packaged. The item arrived disgracefully late, but this is no fault of the seller, who clearly mailed it on he date he claimed. The good old USPS messed this one up. At one point, tracking records said the package had been delivered to a front porch in some godforsaken burg somewhere in Middle Tennessee, hundred of miles from me. Reckon they recovered it and sent it on. Annoying. But not at all the seller's fault. I'd certainly buy here again.Thorazine Beach by Bradley Harris (2013, Trade Paperback) (#364447460654)
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- k***k (145)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseShipping was fast and well-packed. However, I would rate the book as "Fair" condition, not "Very Good" as advertised. Many pages were highlighted with writing in margins, and there was a significant water stain. This seller might tend to be optimistic when describing condition.
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- 24 Apr, 2022
If you're slightly bohemian, this book is an essential read.
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- l***a (6744)- Feedback left by buyer.Past yearVerified purchaseEXCELLENT book...VERY WELL packaged. The item arrived disgracefully late, but this is no fault of the seller, who clearly mailed it on he date he claimed. The good old USPS messed this one up. At one point, tracking records said the package had been delivered to a front porch in some godforsaken burg somewhere in Middle Tennessee, hundred of miles from me. Reckon they recovered it and sent it on. Annoying. But not at all the seller's fault. I'd certainly buy here again.Thorazine Beach by Bradley Harris (2013, Trade Paperback) (#364447460654)
- c***2 (329)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseItem was reasonably priced, as described, and packaged well.
- k***k (145)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseShipping was fast and well-packed. However, I would rate the book as "Fair" condition, not "Very Good" as advertised. Many pages were highlighted with writing in margins, and there was a significant water stain. This seller might tend to be optimistic when describing condition.