Scott and Ernest: The Authority of Failure and the Authority of Success

Bruccoli, Matthew J.

ISBN 10: 0370301404 / ISBN 13: 9780370301402

Published by The Bodley Head Ltd, 1978

About this Item

First edition. Light wear to boards. Content has toning to page ends. Good DJ with some edge wear and sun fading.

Seller Inventory # 9999-99994189955

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Scott and Ernest: The Authority of Failure and the Authority of Success
• Publisher: The Bodley Head Ltd
• Publication Date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0370301404
• ISBN 13: 9780370301402
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Illus. With Photos
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

Scott and Ernest: The Authority of Failure and the Authority of Success

Review

"Both men did of course dramatize them-selves endlessly. They loved, as Bruccoli re-minds us, 'to act out their own mytholo-gies. One played the ruined genius, the other played the titan.' Bruccoli sorts out the play-acting for us. . . . Both Scott and Ernest cared passionately for their profession. Be-cause they also cared about each other, each had a keen awareness of the other's talents and shortcomings, praising the former and seeking to correct the latter. . . . It is this kind of technical comment rather than the 'try-ing to walk over each other with cleats on' (in Scott's phrase) that makes Matthew Bruc-coli's latest contribution so useful and so welcome to all who care about the writer's craft."--"Christian Science Monitor"