The Resource The life of Saul Bellow : love and strife, 1965-2005, Zachary Leader
The life of Saul Bellow : love and strife, 1965-2005, Zachary Leader
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- Summary
- "When this second volume of The Life of Saul Bellow opens, Bellow, at forty-nine, is at the pinnacle of American letters--rich, famous, critically acclaimed. The expected trajectory is one of decline: volume 1, rise; volume 2, fall. Bellow never fell, producing some of his greatest fiction (Mr. Sammler's Planet, Humboldt's Gift, all his best stories) and winning two more National Book Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, and the Nobel Prize. At eighty, he wrote his last story; at eighty-five, he wrote Ravelstein. In this volume, his life away from the desk, including his love life, is, if anything, more dramatic than in volume 1. In the public sphere, he is embroiled in controversy over foreign affairs, race, religion, education, social policy, the state of culture, and the fate of the novel. Bellow's personal life was often fraught. In the 1960s he was compulsively promiscuous (even as he inveighed against sexual liberation). The women he pursued, the ones he married and those with whom he had affairs, were intelligent, attractive, and strong-willed. At eighty-five he fathered his fourth child, a daughter, with his fifth wife. His three sons, whom he loved, could be as volatile as he was, and their relations with their father were often troubled. Few writers had greater influence in literary and intellectual circles than Bellow, who advised a host of institutes and foundations--helping those he approved of, hindering those of whom he disapproved. Although an early and outspoken supporter of civil rights, in the second half of his life he was angered by what he saw as the excesses of Black Power; he also staunchly opposed cultural relativism. In making his case, he could be cutting and rude; he could also be charming, loyal, and funny. Bellow's heroic energy and will are clear to the very end of his life. His immense achievement and its cost, to himself and others, are also clear."--Dust jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 767 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- "This is a Borzoi Book."
- Contents
-
- Fame and politics in the 1960s
- "All my ladies seem furious"
- Bad behavior
- A better man
- Distraction/divorce/anthroposophy
- The "Chicago book" and The Dean's December
- Nadir
- Janis Freedman/Allan Bloom/politics
- To seventy-five
- Papuans and Zulus
- Intensive care
- Ravelstein
- Love and strife
- Isbn
- 9781101875162
- Label
- The life of Saul Bellow : love and strife, 1965-2005
- Title
- The life of Saul Bellow
- Title remainder
- love and strife, 1965-2005
- Statement of responsibility
- Zachary Leader
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "When this second volume of The Life of Saul Bellow opens, Bellow, at forty-nine, is at the pinnacle of American letters--rich, famous, critically acclaimed. The expected trajectory is one of decline: volume 1, rise; volume 2, fall. Bellow never fell, producing some of his greatest fiction (Mr. Sammler's Planet, Humboldt's Gift, all his best stories) and winning two more National Book Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, and the Nobel Prize. At eighty, he wrote his last story; at eighty-five, he wrote Ravelstein. In this volume, his life away from the desk, including his love life, is, if anything, more dramatic than in volume 1. In the public sphere, he is embroiled in controversy over foreign affairs, race, religion, education, social policy, the state of culture, and the fate of the novel. Bellow's personal life was often fraught. In the 1960s he was compulsively promiscuous (even as he inveighed against sexual liberation). The women he pursued, the ones he married and those with whom he had affairs, were intelligent, attractive, and strong-willed. At eighty-five he fathered his fourth child, a daughter, with his fifth wife. His three sons, whom he loved, could be as volatile as he was, and their relations with their father were often troubled. Few writers had greater influence in literary and intellectual circles than Bellow, who advised a host of institutes and foundations--helping those he approved of, hindering those of whom he disapproved. Although an early and outspoken supporter of civil rights, in the second half of his life he was angered by what he saw as the excesses of Black Power; he also staunchly opposed cultural relativism. In making his case, he could be cutting and rude; he could also be charming, loyal, and funny. Bellow's heroic energy and will are clear to the very end of his life. His immense achievement and its cost, to himself and others, are also clear."--Dust jacket
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- PUL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Leader, Zachary
- Dewey number
-
- 813/.52
- B
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS3503.E4488
- LC item number
- Z7355 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Bellow, Saul
- Bellow, Saul
- Novelists, American
- Novelists, American
- Label
- The life of Saul Bellow : love and strife, 1965-2005, Zachary Leader
- Note
- "This is a Borzoi Book."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Fame and politics in the 1960s -- "All my ladies seem furious" -- Bad behavior -- A better man -- Distraction/divorce/anthroposophy -- The "Chicago book" and The Dean's December -- Nadir -- Janis Freedman/Allan Bloom/politics -- To seventy-five -- Papuans and Zulus -- Intensive care -- Ravelstein -- Love and strife
- Control code
- on1012651117
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 767 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781101875162
- Lccn
- 2017053381
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1012651117
- Label
- The life of Saul Bellow : love and strife, 1965-2005, Zachary Leader
- Note
- "This is a Borzoi Book."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Fame and politics in the 1960s -- "All my ladies seem furious" -- Bad behavior -- A better man -- Distraction/divorce/anthroposophy -- The "Chicago book" and The Dean's December -- Nadir -- Janis Freedman/Allan Bloom/politics -- To seventy-five -- Papuans and Zulus -- Intensive care -- Ravelstein -- Love and strife
- Control code
- on1012651117
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 767 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781101875162
- Lccn
- 2017053381
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1012651117
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