Twenty-Four Ways of Looking at Mary McCarthy: The Writer and Her Work

By Eve Stwertka

This collection of essays by a diverse group of young academics, established critics, and well-known writers strikes an intriguing balance between scholarship and reminiscence. The only full-length book on Mary McCarthy that is not a biography, this volume contains discussions of McCarthy as a member of the New York intelligentsia, her search for a just and ethical political philosophy, and the paradox of her views on feminism. The contributors include McCarthy biographers Carol Brightman, Carol Gelderman, and Fran Kiernan; novelists Thomas Flanagan, Maureen Howard, and Thomas Mallon; Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Frances Fitzgerald; and critics Morris Dickstein and Katie Roiphe. The book concludes with a moving reminiscence by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313297762
• ISBN13: 9780313297762
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.5"