My Dear Mother Stormy Boastful, and Tender Letters By Distinguished Sons--From Dostoevsky to Elvis,9781565121218

My Dear Mother Stormy Boastful, and Tender Letters By Distinguished Sons--From Dostoevsky to Elvis

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ISBN13: 9781565121218
ISBN10: 156512121X
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1997-01-10
Publisher(s): Algonquin Books
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Summary

This fascinating collection of letters between sons and mothers offers an intimate and unexpected glimpse into the mind and heart of the artist. Here are letters by over fifty writers, painters, and musicians, from boyhood to manhood--including Elvis Presley, Ezra Pound, E. B. White, Paul Cezanne, Henry James, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Richard Wagner, Victor Hugo, Jean Cocteau, Tennessee WIlliams, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Author Biography

Karen Elizabeth Gordon is the author of seven books, including her mischievous language handbooks The Deluxe Transitive Vampire, The New Well-Tempered Sentence, and Torn Wings and Faux Pas. She divides her time between California and France.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION xv
I. BOY
4(14)
Oh! Mummie What a Life
4(14)
E. E. CUMMINGS
4(1)
AUBREY BEARDSLEY
5(1)
HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
6(1)
HONORE DE BALZAC
7(1)
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
8(1)
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
9(2)
EZRA POUND
11(2)
WYNDHAM LEWIS
13(5)
II. ADOLESCENT
18(32)
Out of the Nest
18(15)
WALLACE STEVENS
18(2)
JOHN DOS PASSOS
20(1)
WYNDHAM LEWIS
21(2)
VICTOR HUGO
23(1)
EVELYN WAUGH
24(1)
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
25(3)
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
28(1)
WILLIAMS CARLOS WILLIAMS
29(4)
School Days
33(17)
GUSTAVE COURBET
33(1)
NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS
34(1)
CHARLES BAUDELAIRE
35(2)
A. E. HOUSMAN
37(2)
IVAN TURGENEV'S MOTHER
39(1)
DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI
40(2)
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY
42(1)
E. B. WHITE
43(1)
GEORGE ELIOT TO HER STEPSON
44(6)
III. YOUNG MAN
50(92)
A Room of One's Own
50(10)
NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS
50(2)
e. e. cummings
52(1)
GUSTAVE COURBET
53(1)
PAUL KLEE
54(2)
WYNDHAM LEWIS
56(1)
VLADIMIR NABOKOV
57(3)
Grand and Other Tours, with Gossip
60(14)
JOSEPH SPENCE
60(2)
JACK KEROUAC
62(1)
SARAH BERNHARDT TO HER SON
63(3)
THOMAS MOORE
66(2)
VIRGIL THOMSON
68(2)
MARCEL PROUST
70(4)
Linen, Clothes, Evasions of Marriage, Elopements
74(13)
GUSTAVE COURBET
74(1)
GUSTAVE MAHLER'S MOTHER
75(1)
HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
76(1)
GUSTAVE FLAUBERT
77(2)
ANTHONY TROLLOPE
79(1)
WYNDHAM LEWIS
80(2)
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
82(5)
The Arts, Accomplishments, and Praise
87(15)
VLADIMIR NABOKOV
87(1)
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
88(2)
EZRA POUND
90(1)
MARCEL PROUST'S MOTHER
91(1)
WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST
92(2)
H. G. WELLS
94(2)
CHARLES BAUDELAIRE
96(1)
JEAN COCTEAU
97(1)
OSCAR WILDE'S MOTHER
98(1)
THOMAS MOORE
99(1)
IVAN TURGENEV'S MOTHER
100(2)
The Grand Tour Continues
102(15)
JACK KEROUAC
102(1)
MARK TWAIN
103(2)
WILLIAM FAULKNER
105(2)
HENRY JAMES
107(2)
GUSTAVE FLAUBERT
109(1)
THOMAS MOORE
110(1)
JOSEPH SPENCE
111(6)
High Intensity
117(13)
RICHARD WAGNER
117(2)
NIKOLAI GOGOL
119(2)
MARCEL PROUST
121(1)
MIKHAIL BULGAKOV
122(2)
THOMAS MOORE
124(1)
KAETHE KOLLWITZ TO HER SON
125(1)
VANESSA BELL TO HER SISTER
126(1)
JEAN COCTEAU
127(3)
Sweet Effusions
130(12)
A. E. HOUSMAN
130(1)
ELVIS PRESLEY
131(1)
MARCEL PROUST'S MOTHER
132(1)
HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
133(1)
NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS
134(1)
LEO TOLSTOY
135(7)
IV. MAN
142(53)
Cross-Dressing, Clothes, Mother-Son Affinities
142(12)
VANESSA BELL TO HER SON
142(2)
PIER PAOLO PASOLINI
144(2)
MAURICE RAVEL
146(1)
ISAAC BABEL
147(2)
A. E. HOUSMAN
149(1)
ST.-JOHN PERSE
150(4)
Vaunting
154(14)
JAMES ABBOTT McNEILL WHISTLER
154(2)
PAUL CEZANNE
156(1)
T. S. ELIOT
157(2)
ERNEST HEMINGWAY
159(1)
GEORGE SAND TO HER SON
160(1)
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
161(1)
ISAAC BABEL
162(2)
HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
164(4)
Travelogue
168(10)
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
168(1)
WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST
169(1)
ST.-JOHN PERSE
170(1)
A. E. HOUSMAN
171(2)
HENRY JAMES
173(2)
T. S. ELIOT
175(3)
Festivities and Outings
178(10)
ST.-JOHN PERSE
178(1)
HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
179(1)
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY
180(1)
WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST
181(2)
T. S. ELIOT
183(1)
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE'S MOTHER
184(4)
Departures
188(7)
CHARLES BAUDELAIRE
188(2)
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
190(1)
JAMES BOSWELL
191(1)
MARC CHAGALL
192(3)
ROBERT LOWELL
EPILOGUE "SAILING HOME FROM RAPALLO" 195(2)
FURTHER READING 197(4)
CREDITS 201

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