Conversations with Mary McCarthy (Literary Conversations) - Softcover

Carol Gelderman (editor)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1617030147 ISBN 13: 9781617030147

Publisher: University Press of Mississippi, 2011

Synopsis

Mary McCarthy says: In general I would say that men actually have more feeling, and women perhaps more intelligence. I do seem to have some confessional impulse, and it may have to do with my Catholic training. The writer, if he has any ability, is looking for the revealing detail that will sum up the picture for the reader, in a flash of recognition. Ethics came to me in the frame of Christian teaching, and even though I don't believe in afterlife, I'm still concerned with the salvation of my soul. If you don't learn something from what you write, you might as well not write.

About this title

About the Author

Carol Gelderman has authored multiple books, including Henry Ford, The Wayward Capitalist; Mary McCarthy, A Life; Louis Auchincloss, A Writer's Life; and All The Presidents' Words: The Bully Pulpit and the Creation of the Virtual Presidency. She has also written dozens of articles on topics as varied as theatre, biography, politics, and mutual funds.

From the Back Cover

Collected interviews with the well-known and forthright author of twenty-four books and countless reviews and essays

Edition details

• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1617030147
• ISBN 13: 9781617030147
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 277