Publication

1979 - Random House, New York

Language

English

Word Count

47,500 words, Guess

Page Count

190 pages

Identifiers

and 4 more

Classifications

  • LCCPN761 .P7 1979

Description

The Myth Makers is the first volume of essays in fifteen years by V.S. Prichett, a literary critic. The Myth Makers gives us profound "re-views" of such literary masters as Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Chekov, Flaubert, Stendhal, Zola, George Sand, Machado de Assis, Strindberg, Kafka, Pasternak, Solzhenitsyn, Borges, and Garcia Marquez, among others. Each essay featured illuminates the interplay between the life and work of a writer.

Subjects

Topics

FictionLittératureModern LiteratureLiterature, ModernHistoire et critiqueHistory and criticismAddresses, essays, lectures

Other Editions

  • The mythmakersRandom House1979

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