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William H. Gass: Life Sentences

Eighty-seven-year-old, William Gass discusses his new book of essays on the art of crafting words into prose.

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By Michael Silverblatt • Apr 19, 2012 • 28m Listen

: Literary Judgments and Accounts

(Knopf)

William Gass discusses the aesthetic structure of the sentence. He discloses the intricate net of inter-relationships that produce meaning in fiction. We play with a simple sentence, examine a complex sentence by Henry James and praise the work of Gertrude Stein and Katherine Anne Porter.

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