The Death of Picasso New and Selected Writing

The Death of Picasso is a collection of 27 essays and stories written and compiled by the award-winning eclectic, provocative, and masterful writer, Guy Davenport. This is a stunning and readable selection of the pieces he feels best represent his career. The result is exciting and invigorating, truly a testament to one of the finest prose masters at work today.

Guy Davenport was a writer, illustrator, teacher, and scholar. He is best known for his modernist-style short stories, but his range of works is wide, spanning poetry, translation, and criticism. He was a professor of English for three decades, having taught at Haverford College and the University of Kentucky.

The Owl of Minerva	p. 7
The Playing Field	p. 25
Ruskin	p. 37
The Concord Sonata	p. 48
The Death of Picasso	p. 56
The Hunter Gracchus	p. 73
Every Force Evolves a Form	p. 86
Boys Smell Like Oranges	p. 91
Belinda's World Tour	p. 100
The Messengers	p. 105
The Aeroplanes at Brescia	p. 113
The Chair	p. 129
Wide as the Waters Be	p. 134
Gunnar and Nikolai	p. 140
And	p. 176
Dinner at the Bank of England	p. 177
Christ Preaching at the Henley Regatta	p. 184
Pergolesi's Dog	p. 192
Horace and Walt in Camden	p. 195
We Often Think of Lenin at the Clothespin Factory	p. 202
The Anthropology of Table Manners	p. 214
Veranda Hung with Wisteria	p. 221
The Jules Verne Steam Balloon	p. 222
The Bicycle Rider	p. 240
Wo es war, soll Ich werden	p. 279
The Ringdove Sign	p. 361
Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved.

What is included with this book?

The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

FREE SHIPPING

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

The Death of Picasso New and Selected Writing

Summary

Author Biography

Table of Contents

Supplemental Materials