The ecstasy of influence : nonfictions, etc. / Jonathan Lethem.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385534956
- ISBN: 0385534957
- Physical Description: xxiv, 437 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Doubleday, [2011]
- Copyright: ©2011
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | I My Plan to Begin With -- My Plan to Begin With, Part One 3 -- Used Bookshop Stories 5 -- Books They Read 13 -- Going Under in Wendover 15 -- Zelig of Notoriety 22 -- Clerk 29 -- II Dick, Calvino, Ballard: SF and Postmodernism -- My Plan to Begin With, Part Two 33 -- Holidays 35 -- Crazy Friend (Philip K. Dick) 39 -- What I Learned at the Science-Fiction Convention 68 -- Best of Calvino: Against Completism 74 -- Postmodernism as Liberty Valance 77 -- Claim of Time (J. G. Ballard) 84 -- Give Up 88 -- III Plagiarisms -- Ecstasy of Influence 93 -- Afterlife of "Ecstasy"/Somatics of Influence 121 -- Always Crashing in the Same Car 125 -- Against "Pop" Culture 134 -- Furniture 138 -- IV Film and Comics -- Supermen!: An Introduction 141 -- Top-Five Depressed Superheroes 144 -- Epiphany 147 -- Izations 151 -- Everything Is Broken (Art of Darkness) 159 -- Godfather IV 163 -- Great Death Scene (McCabe & Mrs. Miller) 164 -- Kovacs's Gift 166 -- Marlon Brando Breaks 171 -- Missed Opportunities 174 -- Donald Sutherland's Buttocks 176 -- Drew Barrymore Stories 180 -- V Wall Art -- Collector (Fred Tomaselli) 185 -- An Almost Perfect Day (Letter to Bonn) 194 -- Billboard Men (Larry Sultan and Mike Mandel) 197 -- Todd James 203 -- Writing and the Neighbor Arts 205 -- Live Nude Models 207 -- On a Photograph of My Father 214 -- Hazel 216 -- VI 9/11 and Book Tour -- Nine Failures of the Imagination 221 -- Further Reports in a Dead Language 225 -- To My Italian Friends 227 -- My Egyptian Cousin 229 -- Cell Phones 236 -- Proximity People 240 -- Repeating Myself 243 -- Bowels of Compassion 245 -- Stops 248 -- Advertisements for Norman Mailer 252 -- White Elephant and Termite Postures in the Life of the Twenty-first-Century Novelist 258 -- VII Dylan, Brown, and Others -- Genius of James Brown 265 -- People Who Died 305 -- Fly in the Ointment 307 -- Dancing About Architecture 311 -- Dylan Interview 317 -- Open Letter to Stacy (The Go-Betweens) 331 -- Otis Redding's Lonely Hearts Club Band 335 -- Rick James 341 -- an orchestra of light that was electric 345 -- VIII Working the Room -- Bolaño's 2666 349 -- Homely Doom Vibe (Paula Fox) 356 -- Ambivalent Usurpations (Thomas Berger) 360 -- Rushmore Versus Abundance 367 -- Outcastle (Shirley Jackson) 373 -- Thursday (G. K. Chesterton) 379 -- My Disappointment Critic/On Bad Faith 384 -- American Vicarious (Nathanael West) 390 -- IX Mad Brooklynite -- Ruckus Flatbush 397 -- Crunch Rolls 401 -- Children with Hangovers 403 -- L. J. Davis 406 -- Agee's Brooklyn 410 -- Breakfast at Brelreck's 413 -- Mad Brooklynite 418 -- X What Remains of My Plan -- Micropsia 423 -- Zeppelin Parable 426 -- What Remains of My Plan 429 -- Memorial 433 -- Things to Remember 435. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Statesville Main Library | 814.54 LET (Text) | 33114017140526 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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| 505 | 0 | 0. | ‡gI ‡tMy Plan to Begin With -- ‡tMy Plan to Begin With, Part One ‡g3 -- ‡tUsed Bookshop Stories ‡g5 -- ‡tBooks They Read ‡g13 -- ‡tGoing Under in Wendover ‡g15 -- ‡tZelig of Notoriety ‡g22 -- ‡tClerk ‡g29 -- ‡gII ‡tDick, Calvino, Ballard: SF and Postmodernism -- ‡tMy Plan to Begin With, Part Two ‡g33 -- ‡tHolidays ‡g35 -- ‡tCrazy Friend (Philip K. Dick) ‡g39 -- ‡tWhat I Learned at the Science-Fiction Convention ‡g68 -- ‡tBest of Calvino: Against Completism ‡g74 -- ‡tPostmodernism as Liberty Valance ‡g77 -- ‡tClaim of Time (J. G. Ballard) ‡g84 -- ‡tGive Up ‡g88 -- ‡gIII ‡tPlagiarisms -- ‡tEcstasy of Influence ‡g93 -- ‡tAfterlife of "Ecstasy"/Somatics of Influence ‡g121 -- ‡tAlways Crashing in the Same Car ‡g125 -- ‡tAgainst "Pop" Culture ‡g134 -- ‡tFurniture ‡g138 -- ‡gIV ‡tFilm and Comics -- ‡tSupermen!: An Introduction ‡g141 -- ‡tTop-Five Depressed Superheroes ‡g144 -- ‡tEpiphany ‡g147 -- ‡tIzations ‡g151 -- ‡tEverything Is Broken (Art of Darkness) ‡g159 -- ‡tGodfather IV ‡g163 -- ‡tGreat Death Scene (McCabe & Mrs. Miller) ‡g164 -- ‡tKovacs's Gift ‡g166 -- ‡tMarlon Brando Breaks ‡g171 -- ‡tMissed Opportunities ‡g174 -- ‡tDonald Sutherland's Buttocks ‡g176 -- ‡tDrew Barrymore Stories ‡g180 -- ‡gV ‡tWall Art -- ‡tCollector (Fred Tomaselli) ‡g185 -- ‡tAn Almost Perfect Day (Letter to Bonn) ‡g194 -- ‡tBillboard Men (Larry Sultan and Mike Mandel) ‡g197 -- ‡tTodd James ‡g203 -- ‡tWriting and the Neighbor Arts ‡g205 -- ‡tLive Nude Models ‡g207 -- ‡tOn a Photograph of My Father ‡g214 -- ‡tHazel ‡g216 -- ‡gVI ‡t9/11 and Book Tour -- ‡tNine Failures of the Imagination ‡g221 -- ‡tFurther Reports in a Dead Language ‡g225 -- ‡tTo My Italian Friends ‡g227 -- ‡tMy Egyptian Cousin ‡g229 -- ‡tCell Phones ‡g236 -- ‡tProximity People ‡g240 -- ‡tRepeating Myself ‡g243 -- ‡tBowels of Compassion ‡g245 -- ‡tStops ‡g248 -- ‡tAdvertisements for Norman Mailer ‡g252 -- ‡tWhite Elephant and Termite Postures in the Life of the Twenty-first-Century Novelist ‡g258 -- ‡gVII ‡tDylan, Brown, and Others -- ‡tGenius of James Brown ‡g265 -- ‡tPeople Who Died ‡g305 -- ‡tFly in the Ointment ‡g307 -- ‡tDancing About Architecture ‡g311 -- ‡tDylan Interview ‡g317 -- ‡tOpen Letter to Stacy (The Go-Betweens) ‡g331 -- ‡tOtis Redding's Lonely Hearts Club Band ‡g335 -- ‡tRick James ‡g341 -- ‡tan orchestra of light that was electric ‡g345 -- ‡gVIII ‡tWorking the Room -- ‡tBolaño's 2666 ‡g349 -- ‡tHomely Doom Vibe (Paula Fox) ‡g356 -- ‡tAmbivalent Usurpations (Thomas Berger) ‡g360 -- ‡tRushmore Versus Abundance ‡g367 -- ‡tOutcastle (Shirley Jackson) ‡g373 -- ‡tThursday (G. K. Chesterton) ‡g379 -- ‡tMy Disappointment Critic/On Bad Faith ‡g384 -- ‡tAmerican Vicarious (Nathanael West) ‡g390 -- ‡gIX ‡tMad Brooklynite -- ‡tRuckus Flatbush ‡g397 -- ‡tCrunch Rolls ‡g401 -- ‡tChildren with Hangovers ‡g403 -- ‡tL. J. Davis ‡g406 -- ‡tAgee's Brooklyn ‡g410 -- ‡tBreakfast at Brelreck's ‡g413 -- ‡tMad Brooklynite ‡g418 -- ‡gX ‡tWhat Remains of My Plan -- ‡tMicropsia ‡g423 -- ‡tZeppelin Parable ‡g426 -- ‡tWhat Remains of My Plan ‡g429 -- ‡tMemorial ‡g433 -- ‡tThings to Remember ‡g435. |
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