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Willie Masters' lonesome wife

Title
Willie Masters' lonesome wife / by William H. Gass ; designed by Lawrence Levy ; photography by Burton L. Rudman.
Author
Gass, William H., 1924-2017
Publication
  • [Evanston, Illinois] : Northwestern University Press, [1968]
  • ©1968

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Additional Authors
  • Levy, Lawrence
  • Rudman, Burton L.
Description
[63] p. illus.; 26 cm.
Summary
In this paean to the pleasures of language, Gass equates his text with the body of Babs Masters, the lonesome wife of the title, to advance the conceit that a parallel should exist between a woman and her lover and a book and its reader.
Series Statement
TriQuarterly supplement ; number two
Uniform Title
Tri-quarterly. Supplement ; no. 2.
Subject
  • Paramours > Fiction
  • Older women > Fiction
  • Books and reading > Fiction
  • Books and reading
  • Paramours
  • Older women
  • American fiction > 20th century
Genre/Form
  • Fictional Work
  • novellas.
  • Illustrated works
  • Essays
  • Novellas
  • Fiction
  • Novellas.
  • Experimental fiction.
  • Illustrated works.
  • Fiction.
  • Romans.
  • Ouvrages illustrés.
Note
  • Limited ed. of 400 copies, of which 100 are numbered and signed by the author.
LCCN
77021411
OCLC
  • ocm00128017
  • 128017
  • SCSB-966767
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library