The Uncollected Essays of Elizabeth H..., Elizabeth Hardwick
The Uncollected Essays of Elizabeth H..., Elizabeth Hardwick
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The Uncollected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick

Author: Elizabeth Hardwick, Alex Andriesse, Alex Andriesse

Narrator: Elizabeth Wiley

Unabridged: 12 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/27/2022


Synopsis

Essays on music, art, pop culture, literature, and politics by the renowned essayist and observer of contemporary life, now collected together for the first time.

The Uncollected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick is a companion collection to The Collected Essays, a book that proved a revelation of what, for many, had been an open secret: that Elizabeth Hardwick was one of the great American literary critics, and an extraordinary stylist in her own right. The thirty-five pieces that Alex Andriesse has gathered here—none previously featured in volumes of Hardwick's work—make it clear that her powers extended far beyond literary criticism, encompassing a vast range of subjects, from New York City to Faye Dunaway, from Wagner's Parsifal to Leonardo da Vinci's inventions, and from the pleasures of summertime to grits soufflé. In these often surprising, always well-wrought essays, we see Hardwick's passion for people and places, her politics, her thoughts on feminism, and her ability, especially from the 1970s on, to write well about seemingly anything.

About Elizabeth Hardwick

Elizabeth Hardwick (1916-2007) was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and educated at the University of Kentucky and Columbia University. A recipient of a Gold Medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she is the author of three novels, a biography of Herman Melville, and four collections of essays. She was a cofounder and advisory editor of the New York Review of Books and contributed more than one hundred reviews, articles, reflections, and letters to the magazine.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Christina on August 17, 2022

No one writes like Hardwick anymore. I absolutely love her prose which clearly shows the influence of all her time spent among poets. Her writing is the product of a bygone era, so it is particularly interesting to read about the Menendez brothers and the OJ Simpson trial in her words. Still, many o......more

Goodreads review by Janine on April 11, 2023

I needed a book that would “intimidate me” for one of my 2023 book challenges. This New York Book Review (NYBR) classic selection from June 2022 seemed to top the list mostly because essays and poetry are two genres I’m least likely to choose to read so this book seemed apropos to fit the prompt. Th......more

Goodreads review by Frazer on December 17, 2022

Recently I've been getting into essays. The form invokes a certain sense of space, of freedom, as if by writing *an essay* the author signals that they should not be held accountable for their views outside this particular context. A provisionality, playfulness, ease. As delightful to read as diffic......more

Goodreads review by Elderberrywine on August 22, 2024

This is a collection of essays written from approximately 1950 through 1990 by proto-feminist Elizabeth Hardwick, primarily for magazines, and more importantly, magazines for the female reader such as Vogue, House & Garden, and Mademoiselle. They are on various random topics such as cheese grits and......more

Goodreads review by Celeste on May 22, 2024

I first saw this book quite a while ago at Type Books in Toronto. It was under the cultural studies section and it had a funky cover so I picked it up. I skimmed through the table of contents and saw that there was an essay on the Kennedy scandals, this piqued my interest. I didn’t end up buying it......more