GORE VIDAL's State of the Union: The Nation's Essays 1958-2008

GORE VIDAL's State of the Union: The Nation's Essays 1958-2008

The essays collected here all appeared in The Nation magazine between 1958 and 2005. The early literary ones reflected Vidalâ€™s status as a rising young novelist of the postwar generation, and as he expanded confidently into nonfiction, his essays range widely over politics, religion, society, manners and morals. We see him emerge as the pre-eminent essayist of his generation, winning a 1993 Nation Book Award for a collection of nonfiction works.

Vidalâ€™s Nation yearsâ€”his Golden Age at the magazineâ€”really commenced in 1981 when Victor Navasky invited him to become a contributing editor. Goreâ€™s first contribution, â€œSome Jews and the Gays,â€ would be his most explosive one. This collection exemplifies his critical vision in great works like â€œRequiem for the American Empire,â€ â€œMonotheism and Its Discontents,â€ â€œNotes on Our Patriarchal State,â€ and the delightful â€œBirds and the Beesâ€ with its Monicaâ€“Lewinsky era sequel, â€œThe Birds and the Bees and Clinton.â€

Prepare to have your preconceptions challenged. Prepare also to smile or laugh out loud.
Country USA
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-04-08
Format Kindle eBook

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