Jackie Under My Skin (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series) - Hardcover

Koestenbaum, Wayne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786204869 ISBN 13: 9780786204861

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 1995

Synopsis

Explains how Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis transformed our definitions of personal identity and style, and explores Jackie's iconography.

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Review

"Pop interpretation at its finest . . . and every bit of it is fun to read."--"The Boston Globe"

"Dazzling, exuberant . . . Koestenbaum writes with a heady lyricism that makes Jackie-watching an exercise of the soul as well as of the intellect."--"New York Magazine

""Koestenbaum's explanation of the Jackie O phenomenon is as fresh and thought-provoking as they come."--"Los Angeles Times

""Some of the most entertaining prose in years . . . A thoughtful and unexpectedly moving book."--"Atlanta Journal-Constitution

""Impassioned insight . . . By turns comic and elegaic, respectful and blasphemous...little or nothing escapes [Koestenbaum's] gaze."--"Newsday

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Pop interpretation at its finest . . . and every bit of it is fun to read. "The Boston Globe"

Dazzling, exuberant . . . Koestenbaum writes with a heady lyricism that makes Jackie-watching an exercise of the soul as well as of the intellect. "New York Magazine"

Koestenbaum's explanation of the Jackie O phenomenon is as fresh and thought-provoking as they come. "Los Angeles Times"

Some of the most entertaining prose in years . . . A thoughtful and unexpectedly moving book. "Atlanta Journal-Constitution"

Impassioned insight . . . By turns comic and elegaic, respectful and blasphemous...little or nothing escapes [Koestenbaum's] gaze. "Newsday""

"Pop interpretation at its finest . . . and every bit of it is fun to read." --The Boston Globe

"Dazzling, exuberant . . . Koestenbaum writes with a heady lyricism that makes Jackie-watching an exercise of the soul as well as of the intellect." --New York Magazine

"Koestenbaum's explanation of the Jackie O phenomenon is as fresh and thought-provoking as they come." --Los Angeles Times

"Some of the most entertaining prose in years . . . A thoughtful and unexpectedly moving book." --Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"Impassioned insight . . . By turns comic and elegaic, respectful and blasphemous...little or nothing escapes [Koestenbaum's] gaze." --Newsday

About the Author

WAYNE KOESTENBAUM has published five books of poetry, one novel, and six books of nonfiction. A graduate of Harvard and Princeton, he is a Distinguished Professor of English at the CUNY Graduate Center and a Visiting Professor in the painting department of the Yale School of Art.

Edition details

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0786204869
• ISBN 13: 9780786204861
• Binding: Hardcover