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Portrait of the Artist as a Bad Character and Other Essays on Writing (Pimlico)
Portrait of the Artist as a Bad Character and Other Essays on Writing - Pimlico Author:Cynthia Ozick A collection of essays that touch on the inner life of literaure and of the literary artist. Among the subjects covered are childhood's passionate reading; ambition; the decline of the book as a universal habit; the consequences of gender politics; and the deceptions and impersonations of art.