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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226115046
ISBN-13
9780226115047
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63170908
Product Key Features
Book Title
Enemies of Promise
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Journalism, American / General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year
2008
Genre
Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines
Format
Trade Paperback
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0.9 in
Item Weight
9 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
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5.5 in
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Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2008-005378
Reviews
"A fine critic, compulsive traveler, and candid autobiographer. . . . [Connolly] lays down the law for all writers who wanted to count. . . . He had imagination and decisive images flashed with the speed of wit in his mind."-V. S. Pritchett, New York Review of Books -- V. S. Pritchett "NYRB", "Anyone who writes, or wants to write, will find something on just about every single page that either endorses a long-held prejudice or outrages, and that makes it a pretty compelling read. . . . You end up muttering back at just about every ornately constructed pensée that Connolly utters, but that's one of the joys of this book."-Nick Hornby, Believer, A fine critic, compulsive traveler, and candid autobiographer. . . . [Connolly] lays down the law for all writers who wanted to count. . . . He had imagination and decisive images flashed with the speed of wit in his mind., Very ably introduced by Alex Woloch. . . . One of Connolly's great gifts was self-deprecation, and one of his easier styles was that of the tongue in the cheek. He puts one in mind of two of the great contemporaries about whom he wrote--George Orwell and Evelyn Waugh., "Anyone who writes, or wants to write, will find something on just about every single page that either endorses a long-held prejudice or outrages, and that makes it a pretty compelling read. . . . You end up muttering back at just about every ornately constructed pens�e that Connolly utters, but that's one of the joys of this book."-Nick Hornby, Believer, You cannot read Cyril Connolly for very long without wanting to acquire-and then developing-a relationship with the personality of the man himself. This small, podgy, balding, pug-faced, funny, gossipy, lazy, clever, cowardly, hedonistic, fractious, difficult man somehow manages to enshrine in his words and life everything that we aspire to, and that intellectually ennobles us, and all that is weak and worst in us as well., 0;You cannot read Cyril Connolly for very long without wanting to acquire2;and then developing2;a relationship with the personality of the man himself. This small, podgy, balding, pug-faced, funny, gossipy, lazy, clever, cowardly, hedonistic, fractious, difficult man somehow manages to enshrine in his words and life everything that we aspire to, and that intellectually ennobles us, and all that is weak and worst in us as well.1;2;William Boyd, "Guardian""" "" -- William Boyd "Guardian", "Anyone who writes, or wants to write, will find something on just about every single page that either endorses a long-held prejudice or outrages, and that makes it a pretty compelling read. . . . You end up muttering back at just about every ornately constructed pensée that Connolly utters, but that's one of the joys of this book."-Nick Hornby,Believer , You cannot read Cyril Connolly for very long without wanting to acquire--and then developing--a relationship with the personality of the man himself. This small, podgy, balding, pug-faced, funny, gossipy, lazy, clever, cowardly, hedonistic, fractious, difficult man somehow manages to enshrine in his words and life everything that we aspire to, and that intellectually ennobles us, and all that is weak and worst in us as well., "Very ably introduced by Alex Woloch. . . . One of Connolly's great gifts was self-deprecation, and one of his easier styles was that of the tongue in the cheek. He puts one in mind of two of the great contemporaries about whom he wrote-George Orwell and Evelyn Waugh." -- Christopher Hitchens "Atlantic Monthly", 0;A fine critic, compulsive traveler, and candid autobiographer. . . . [Connolly] lays down the law for all writers who wanted to count. . . . He had imagination and decisive images flashed with the speed of wit in his mind.1;2;V. S. Pritchett, "New York"" Review of Books""" -- V. S. Pritchett "NYRB", Anyone who writes, or wants to write, will find something on just about every single page that either endorses a long-held prejudice or outrages, and that makes it a pretty compelling read. . . . You end up muttering back at just about every ornately constructed pensée that Connolly utters, but that's one of the joys of this book., 0;Anyone who writes, or wants to write, will find something on just about every single page that either endorses a long-held prejudice or outrages, and that makes it a pretty compelling read. . . . You end up muttering back at just about every ornately constructed pensee that Connolly utters, but that7;s one of the joys of this book.1;2;Nick Hornby, "Believer""" -- Nick Hornby "Believer", Very ably introduced by Alex Woloch. . . . One of Connolly's great gifts was self-deprecation, and one of his easier styles was that of the tongue in the cheek. He puts one in mind of two of the great contemporaries about whom he wrote-George Orwell and Evelyn Waugh., "A fine critic, compulsive traveler, and candid autobiographer. . . . [Connolly] lays down the law for all writers who wanted to count. . . . He had imagination and decisive images flashed with the speed of wit in his mind."-V. S. Pritchett, New York Review of Books, "A fine critic, compulsive traveler, and candid autobiographer. . . . [Connolly] lays down the law for all writers who wanted to count. . . . He had imagination and decisive images flashed with the speed of wit in his mind."-V. S. Pritchett,New YorkReview of Books , "You cannot read Cyril Connolly for very long without wanting to acquire-and then developing-a relationship with the personality of the man himself. This small, podgy, balding, pug-faced, funny, gossipy, lazy, clever, cowardly, hedonistic, fractious, difficult man somehow manages to enshrine in his words and life everything that we aspire to, and that intellectually ennobles us, and all that is weak and worst in us as well."-William Boyd, Guardian, Anyone who writes, or wants to write, will find something on just about every single page that either endorses a long-held prejudice or outrages, and that makes it a pretty compelling read. . . . You end up muttering back at just about every ornately constructed pense that Connolly utters, but that's one of the joys of this book.
Dewey Edition
18
Dewey Decimal
820.904
Table Of Content
Foreword Introduction Part One Predicament I. The Next Ten Years II. The Mandarin Dialect III. The Challenge to the Mandarins IV. The Modern Movement V. Anatomy of a Dandyism VI. A Beast in View VII. The New Mandarins VIII. The New Vernacular IX. The Cool Element of Prose Part Two The Charlock's Shade X. The Blighted Rye XI. The Blue Bugloss XII. The Thistles XIII. The Poppies XIV. The Charlock's Shade XV. The Slimy Mallows XVI. Outlook Unsettled Part Three A Georgian Boyhood XVII. Credentials XVIII. The Branching Ogham XIX. White Samite XX. Dark Ages XXI. Renaissance XXII. The Background of the Lilies XXIII. Glittering Prizes XXIV. Vale Index
Synopsis
"Whom the gods wish to destroy," writes Cyril Connolly, "they first call promising." First published in 1938 and long out of print, Enemies of Promise , an "inquiry into the problem of how to write a book that lasts ten years," tests the boundaries of criticism, journalism, and autobiography with the blistering prose that became Connolly's trademark. Connolly here confronts the evils of domesticity, politics, drink, and advertising as well as novelists such as Joyce, Proust, Hemingway, and Faulkner in essays that remain fresh and penetrating to this day. "A fine critic, compulsive traveler, and candid autobiographer. . . . [Connolly] lays down the law for all writers who wanted to count. . . . He had imagination and decisive images flashed with the speed of wit in his mind."--V. S. Pritchett, New York Review of Books "Anyone who writes, or wants to write, will find something on just about every single page that either endorses a long-held prejudice or outrages, and that makes it a pretty compelling read. . . . You end up muttering back at just about every ornately constructed pensée that Connolly utters, but that's one of the joys of this book."--Nick Hornby, The Believer "A remarkable book."--Anthony Powell, "Whom the gods wish to destroy," writes Cyril Connolly, "they first call promising." First published in 1938 and long out of print, Enemies of Promise , an "inquiry into the problem of how to write a book that lasts ten years," tests the boundaries of criticism, journalism, and autobiography with the blistering prose that became Connolly's trademark. Connolly here confronts the evils of domesticity, politics, drink, and advertising as well as novelists such as Joyce, Proust, Hemingway, and Faulkner in essays that remain fresh and penetrating to this day. "A fine critic, compulsive traveler, and candid autobiographer. . . . Connolly] lays down the law for all writers who wanted to count. . . . He had imagination and decisive images flashed with the speed of wit in his mind."-V. S. Pritchett, New York Review of Books "Anyone who writes, or wants to write, will find something on just about every single page that either endorses a long-held prejudice or outrages, and that makes it a pretty compelling read. . . . You end up muttering back at just about every ornately constructed pens e that Connolly utters, but that's one of the joys of this book."-Nick Hornby, The Believer "A remarkable book."-Anthony Powell
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PR471.C65 2008
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