21. William Gaddis Criticism (Vol. 86) william gaddis A Frolic of His Own. Award National Book Award for Fiction. Born in 1922, gaddis is an American novelist. http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-literary-criticism/gaddis-william-vol-86

utmSetVar('lit_all'); William Gaddis Criticism and Essays Welcome, guest! Login Join eNotes Entire Site Literature Science History Business Soc. Sciences Health Arts College Journals Literature Science History Business ... Z Search All Criticism: Printable Version Download PDF Cite this Page William Gaddis A Frolic of His Own Award: National Book Award for Fiction Born in 1922, Gaddis is an American novelist. For further information on his life and works, see CLC , Volumes 1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 19, and 43. INTRODUCTION Emphasizing litigiousness and greed as characteristics of contemporary American society, A Frolic of His Own (1994) focuses on Oliver Crease, his family, his friends, and the various lawsuits in which they are all enmeshed. Employing elements of humor and farce, Gaddis exhaustively details the absurdities of his characters' suits and subsequent countersuits. For example, Oliver is plaintiff in a plagiarism case he has brought against Constantine Kiester, a top Hollywood producer whose real name is Jonathan Livingston Siegal. Oliver is also, paradoxically, plaintiff and defendant in a suit concerning a hit-and-run accident in which he was hit by his own car—a Sosumi ("so sue me"). Taking its title from a British legal phrase used to describe an employee's actions which, though they resulted in on-the-job injuries, do not entitle the employee to compensation, A Frolic of His Own is largely noted for its satire of justice and law in contemporary American society and for its unusual narrative structure. Except for the inclusion of excerpts from Oliver's writings, legal documents, and trial transcripts, the novel is told primarily through dialogue that is unattributed and only lightly punctuated. Critics have praised Gaddis's realistic depiction of everyday speech—complete with pauses, interruptions, and unfinished thoughts—and stressed the difficulty such a narrative technique, reminiscent of stream-of-consciousness writing, places on readers. Steven Moore observed: "

22. Finding-Aid For The William Gaddis Papers (WTU00049) The william gaddis papers consist largely of his own manuscript material manuscripts and source material toward his books, drafts of various stories, http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/manuscripts/mlc/findingaidshtml/wtu00049.htm

Finding-Aid for the William Gaddis Papers (WTU00049) Department of Special Collections Olin Library Campus Box 1061 1 Brookings Drive St. Louis, MO 63130 Fax: (314) 935-4045 spec@library.wustl.edu http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec Funding and support for digitization of finding-aids provided by The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Table of Contents Collection Outline Biographical Note Scope and Contents Note Restrictions ... Box and Folder Listing Collection Outline I. Correspondence ca. 1902-1998 II. Fiction III. Essays and Critical Writings 1977-1997 IV. Drama ... Return to the Table of Contents Creator Gaddis, William, 1922- Title William Gaddis Papers Dates: Quantity: ca. 7000 items Identification: Return to the Table of Contents Biographical Note William Thomas Gaddis, Jr. was born on December 29, 1922 in Manhattan and raised in Massepequa (Long Island), by his parents, Edith and William Thomas Gaddis, Sr. His father left the family when he was three years old. Two years later, Edith sent her only child to Merricourt Boarding School in Berlin, Connecticut. Gaddis continued in private school until the eighth grade, after which he returned to Long Island to receive his diploma at Farmingdale High School in 1941. Gaddis entered Harvard University on scholarship in the fall of 1941, where he continued until an illness forced him to take a medical leave of absence. After being reinstated at Harvard in the fall of 1942, Gaddis majored in English. By the fall of 1943, Gaddis had joined the staff of the Harvard Lampoon, where he would eventually serve as President. After leaving Harvard without a degree in 1945, Gaddis moved to Greenwich Village. During this time, he worked at the

23. Paid Notice: Deaths GADDIS, WILLIAM - New York Times gaddiswilliam. The faculty, Board of Trustees, and administration of Bard College mourn the passing of author and former faculty member william gaddis. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9502E1D8163CF93AA25751C1A96E95826

24. Dalkey Archive Press: An Interview With William Gaddis When william gaddis agreed to let us interview him, he elected the format favored by Vladimir Nabokov of written questions and answers. http://www.centerforbookculture.org/interviews/interview_gaddis.html

An Interview with William Gaddis By John Kuehl and Steven Moore Q: There seems to be a noticeable undercurrent of autobiography in your fiction. Both Willie in "The Recognitions" and especially Thomas Eigen in "J R" bear more than a passing resemblance to their author. Yet you are also one of the most reticent of writers, avoiding publicity of any kind. What are your views on the place of autobiography in artistic creation and to what extent is Thomas Eigen a portrait of the artist? Q: You said that you enjoy writing, but you have never discussed your writing habits. Do you keep a journal or notebooks? Do you have preferences as to when and where you work, etc? WG: Have I said I enjoy writing? Some high moment and I probably did, but it's nearer what Pascal, was it he? as I have it at second hand, said about no man differing more from another than he does from himself at another time. That incidentally may better explain a phenomenon like "The Brothers Karamazov." It certainly helps to explain my distaste for interviews, though this one may serve to set the record straight on a few points. Q: It's been said "The Recognitions" was edited down to its present size from a much longer manuscript. Is it true that you fundamentally agreed with the cuts suggested by your editors at Harcourt, Brace and World? How did the abandoned material differ from that in the final version? Have you come to regret any of the deletions? Did "J R" go through a similar process of editing? What part do revisions play in your compositional method?

25. Quill & Brush - J R: A NOVEL. - Gaddis, William. gaddis, william. J R A NOVEL. SIGNED NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER. New York Alfred Knopf, 1975. First edition. The winner of the National Book Award for http://www.qbbooks.com/details.php?record=29408&URLPAIR=

26. Salon Books | Remembering William Gaddis, Neglected Master Remembering The Recognitions and JR author william gaddis, one of the most brilliant and least read of American novelists. By Carter Scholz. http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1998/12/18feature.html

A L S O T O D A Y Waltzing the Cat Reviewed by Paige Williams Linked short stories, from the author of "Cowboys Are My Weakness," about a restless female photographer and her penchant for selfish, distant men T A B L E T A L K Do you have a book wish list? What's on it? How did you go about compiling it? Join the discussion in Table Talk's Books area Visit barnesandnoble.com for books by William Gaddis B O O K C A S E A new service for book lovers R E C E N T L Y Coffee-table books for holiday giving and grabbing Love Undetectable By Andrew Sullivan Uncle Andrew's cabin By Peter Kurth From he-man to holy man By Elaine Showalter Ted Hughes, R.I.P. Browse the Books feature archive S A L O N E M P O R I U M FREE! 12-ounce bag of Salon Blend with a purchase of $30 or more. While supplies last. REMEMBERING WILLIAM GADDIS, Neglected Master The best way to remember this uncompromising, darkly funny giant of American letters is to read him. BY CARTER SCHOLZ W illiam Gaddis was esteemed by his peers like few other contemporary novelists, but his audience never matched his reputation. He wrote just four novels, but they are of such density, variety and accomplishment as to dwarf lengthier bibliographies. Each is an artifice of uncommon structural and moral integrity. Gaddis, winner of the National Book Award in 1976 and again in 1994 and the recipient of a MacArthur fellowship in 1982, died Wednesday at his home in East Hampton, N.Y. He was 75. Deeply concerned with the values by which people live, Gaddis filled his work with fierce anger and bitter humor at how people fail themselves and others, at all forms of laziness and greed and stupidity. His books overflow with bleak sorrow, outrage and a desperate laughter that provides the only refuge in a world where most people spend their best efforts on tasks not worth doing.

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30. Project MUSE The Paper Empires and Empirical Fictions of william gaddis. In Recognition of william gaddis. Ed. John Kuehl and Steven Moore. Syracuse, NY Syracuse UP, http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/postmodern_culture/v001/1.2odonnell.html

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31. Bookfever.com Book Index By Author Name gaddis, william A FROLIC OF HIS OWN New York Poseidon Press, 1994. gaddis, william A FROLIC OF HIS OWN New York Poseidon Press, 1994. http://www.bookfever.com/Author_Index/book_index00025.html

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33. Recognizing A Masterpiece It is a wellestablished fact that william gaddis’s The Recognitions was .. Perhaps in the twenty-first century, william gaddis’s book finally will be http://www.wcusd15.org/whs/english/morrissey/therecognitions.htm

Recognizing a Masterpiece: William Gaddis's Reinterpretation of Flemish Art by Ted Morrissey The Recognitions The Recognitions is considered a forebear of the postmodern novels of DeLillo, Pynchon, Mailer, Wallace and others (Beer 69; Swann 101). Therefore, what Gaddis was to American fiction, Flemish painter Jan van Eyck was to European painting, taking it from the medieval world to the modern. The comparison between Gaddis and van Eyck is a natural one, considering that the fifteenth-century Flemish masters have such a significant role in The Recognitions plot Others have documented connections between The Recognitions and the Flemish painters. Most notably, Brian Stonehill deals primarily with structural issues in The Self-Conscious Novel: Artiface in Fiction from Joyce to Pynchon The Recognitons St. John Altarpiece Masterworks Similarly, Gaddis abandons temporal unity in The Recognitions Death of the Virgin Not only is the overall structure of The Recognitions The Recognitions The Recognitions Color was a crucial element of composition for the Flemish painters. In fact, the proper use of color was one of the main concerns of the guilds. Application of the colors was a painstaking procedure that left nothing to chance: "When the monochrome was completed, a coat of flesh color in an oil medium was laid over it. Over this flesh tint the colors were spread thinly in a shining coat, and the details were drawn in with white. Other films of oil followed the first [. . . . The painter] understood the peculiarities of this material, for he directed that each color should be arranged with certainty and put in its place to avoid later changes" (van der Elst 39).

34. William Gaddis On LibraryThing | Catalog Your Books Online william gaddis. william Gass / Washington University There are 40 conversations about william gaddis s books. Users with books by william gaddis http://www.librarything.com/author/gaddiswilliam

Language: English [ others Albanian Basque Bulgarian ... Welsh Over twenty-two million books on members' bookshelves. Home Book Suggestions Zeitgeist Groups ... Blog William Gass / Washington University 1 picture add a picture Author: William Gaddis Also known as: Wiliam Gaddis William Gaddis Members Reviews Rating Favorited Conversations Books by William Gaddis combine/separate works The recognitions a novel 398 copies, 2 reviews A frolic of his own : a novel 303 copies, 3 reviews J R 281 copies, 3 reviews Carpenter's gothic 193 copies, 2 reviews Agapˆe agape 141 copies, 2 reviews 39 copies, review Le dernier acte 4 copies, review Die Erl¶ser : Roman 1 copy, review Member ratings Average: 0.5 stars 1 stars 1.5 stars 2 stars 2.5 stars 3 stars 3.5 stars 4 stars 4.5 stars 5 stars Common Knowledge Share what you know. view history You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data. For more help see the Common Knowledge help page Canonical name Gender male Date of birth Date of death Burial location Nationality Places of residence New York, New York, USA (birthplace) Education Harvard University Occupations Organizations American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature, 1984)

35. The Online Books Page: Browse Subject: Gaddis, William, 1922-1998. Recognitions Filed under gaddis, william, 19221998. Recognitions. Info A Reader s Guide to william gaddis s The Recognitions (1995 edition), by Steven Moore (HTML at http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/browse?type=lcsubc&key=Gaddis,

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37. City Of Knoxville - Senior Directors David Folz, Linda gaddis, william Lyons, and John M. Scheb II, Saturn Comes to Tennessee Citizen Perceptions of Public Impacts, Social Science Quarterly, http://www.ci.knoxville.tn.us/directors/blyons.asp

SEARCH THE SITE: I Want To... News Click Here for Printer Friendly Version DIRECTORS WILLIAM LYONS Date of Birth: May 26, 1948 Education: Ph.D University of Oklahoma 1974 (Political Science) M.A. University of Oklahoma, 1972 (Political Science) B.A. (with distinction) Rhodes College 1970 (Political Science) attended Memphis City Schools and graduated : Memphis Central High School, June, 1966 Awards: Citation for Extraordinary Community Service, University of Tennessee, 2002 Accenture Peer Awards, Outstanding Faculty Mentor, University of Tennessee, 2001 Chancellor's Citation for Public Service, University of Tennessee, 1994 College of Liberal Arts Public Service Award, University of Tennessee, 1993 Professional Experience: Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Tennessee, 1983- (on leave) Head, Department of Political Science, University of Tennessee, 1995-1996 Director, Social Science Research Institute , University of Tennessee, 1991- 1995

38. National Book Award Winners For Fiction - MCPL 1994, gaddis, william, A Frolic of His Own. 1993, Proulx, E. Annie, The Shipping News. 1992, McCarthy, Cormac, All the Pretty Horses http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/awards/adult/nba.htm

Related: Reader's Advisory Adult Award Winners National Book Award Winners for Fiction Complete Listing of National Book Award Winners Year Author Title Johnson, Denis Tree of Smoke Powers, Richard The Echo Maker Vollmann, William T. Europe Central Tuck, Lily The News from Paraguay Hazzard, Shirley The Great Fire Glass, Julia Three Junes Franzen, Jonathan The Corrections Sontag, Susan In America Ha Jin Waiting McDermott, Alice Charming Billy Frazier, Charles Cold Mountain Barrett, Andrea Ship Fever and Other Stories Roth, Philip Sabbath's Theater Gaddis, William A Frolic of His Own Proulx, E. Annie The Shipping News McCarthy, Cormac All the Pretty Horses Rush, Norman Mating Johnson, Charles The Middle Passage Casey, John Spartina Dexter, Pete Paris Trout Heinemann, Larry Paco's Story Doctorow, E. L. World's Fair Delillo, Don White Noise Gilchrist, Ellen Victory Over Japan Walker, Alice The Color Purple Welty, Eudora The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty Updike, John Rabbit Is Rich Morris, Wright Plains Song, for Female Voices Styron, William Sophie's Choice O'Brien, Tim

39. Wadsworth Atheneum Eugene R. gaddis, william G. DeLana Archivist and Curator of the Austin House and Krystyn HastingsSilver, Austin House Restoration Project Manager, http://www.wadsworthatheneum.org/view/exhibition-specific.php?id=1520

40. Frigatezine- View: The Pleasures Of The Difficult The postmodernists panel, the main event of the conference, which included william Gass, Donald Barthelme, Robert Coover, william gaddis, Stanley Elkin and http://www.frigatezine.com/essay/view/evi01bau.html

Click here to download PDF version to print. Click here to download PDF Reader. The Pleasures of the Difficult Jonathan Baumbach In the distorting light of immediate impression, one's own period tends to seem more extreme than any other, our deficiencies more egregious. This literary moment's persuasive illusion is that fewer works that challenge the reader's skills are being read. The reasons may be beside the point, though they are everywhere apparent. Impatience seems high on the list. We want immediate payoffs for our commitments of time and concentration. Fiction, suggests the evidence, tends to be used more and more as a licit form of drug abuse. The difficult in fiction has a variety of faces. There are opaque surfaces, obscure diction, work that is challenging conceptually. There are also fictions that appear simple that are deceptively elusive. Difficult fiction is not, as has been assumed, less emotionally compelling than readily accessible work. The fiction I'm talking about tends to resist easy manipulation, does not wear its emotional life on its sleeve. It's arguable, of course, but I'm not alone in thinking that the most original fiction in America of the last three decades comes by and large from the difficult writers on the postmodernists panel at Brown ten years ago.

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