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Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintences and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career
Nobody can match George Plimpton as an adroit weaver of interviews into a tight narrative fabric. Plimpton can make even a negligible life into a magic-carpet ride, as in his editing of Jean Stein's perennial bestseller, Edie, about Andy Warhol's victim-starlet Edie Sedgwick. In Truman Capote, Plimpton has an infinitely more important subject, who worked his way down from the top into the shallow pit of druggy celebrity. His book doesn't knock the definitive biography Capote off the shelf, but it's much more fun to read. Plimpton interviewed more than a hundred people--from Capote's childhood to his peak period, 1966, when his Black and White Ball defined high society and In Cold Blood launched the true crime genre, all the way down to his last, sad days as a bitchy caricature of himself. Joanna Carson complains that Plimpton's book is "gossip," which it gloriously is. But it's also brimming with important literary history, and it helps in the Herculean task of sorting out the truth from Capote's multitudinous, entertaining lies; for instance, In Cold Blood turns out to be not strictly factual. James Dickey, whose similar self-destruction is chronicled in Summer of Deliverance, delivers here a good definition of Capote's true gift to literature: "The scene stirring with rightness and strangeness, the compressed phrase, the exact yet imaginative word, the devastating metaphorical aptness, a feeling of concentrated excess which at the same time gives the effect of being crystalline." --Tim Appelo.
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The state's last fish factory has not died. Its detractors say it just smells that way. (Finis?).(Beaufort Fisheries Inc.): An article from: Business North Carolina
This digital document is an article from Business North Carolina, published by Business North Carolina on April 1, 2003. The length of the article is 2479 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation DetailsTitle: The state's last fish factory has not died. Its detractors say it just smells that way. (Finis?).(Beaufort Fisheries Inc.) Author: Art Latham Publication:Business North Carolina (Magazine/Journal) Date: April 1, 2003 Publisher: Business North Carolina Volume: 23 Issue: 4 Page: 40(6) Distributed by Thomson Gale.
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Candidates Nathanson, Piercy each have fans, detractors.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor): An article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by The Register Guard on May 13, 2004. The length of the article is 1300 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation DetailsTitle: Candidates Nathanson, Piercy each have fans, detractors.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor) Publication:The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper) Date: May 13, 2004 Publisher: The Register Guard Page: A11 Article Type: Letter to the Editor Distributed by Thomson Gale.
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Detractors cite pitfalls of chartering. (Cover Story).(Brief Article): An article from: National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management
This digital document is an article from National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management, published by The National Underwriter Company on January 28, 2002. The length of the article is 731 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation DetailsTitle: Detractors cite pitfalls of chartering. (Cover Story).(Brief Article) Author: E.E. Mazier Publication:National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management (Magazine/Journal) Date: January 28, 2002 Publisher: The National Underwriter Company Volume: 106 Issue: 4 Page: 12(1) Article Type: Brief Article Distributed by Thomson Gale.
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Maculating Mary: the detractors of the N-Town Cycle's "Trial of Joseph and Mary.": An article from: Philological Quarterly
This digital document is an article from Philological Quarterly, published by University of Iowa on January 1, 1994. The length of the article is 7309 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. From the supplier: Literary critics have failed to adequately explore the artistic and social needs filled by the detractors in the N-Town Cycle's play, "Trial of Joseph and Mary." Rather than having an uncomplicated position as gossips, the detractors serve to enhance the leading characters' reputations while also attempting to undermine the community by spreading sedition. The templates for these characteristics are found in medieval romances and anti-Lollard writings which link backbiting to communal and religious dissent. Citation DetailsTitle: Maculating Mary: the detractors of the N-Town Cycle's "Trial of Joseph and Mary." Author: Alison M. Hunt Publication:Philological Quarterly (Refereed) Date: January 1, 1994 Publisher: University of Iowa Volume: v73 Issue: n1 Page: p11(19) Distributed by Thomson Gale.
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