{"product_id":"the-uncollected-essays-of-elizabeth-hardwick-9781681376233","title":"The Uncollected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick","description":"\u003cb\u003eEssays on music, art, pop culture, literature, and politics by the renowned essayist and observer of contemporary life, now collected together for the first time.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Uncollected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick \u003c\/i\u003eis a companion collection to \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Essays\u003c\/i\u003e, a book that proved a revelation of what, for many, had been an open secret: that Elizabeth Hardwick was one of the great American literary critics, and an extraordinary stylist in her own right. The thirty-five pieces that Alex Andriesse has gathered here--none previously featured in volumes of Hardwick's work--make it clear that her powers extended far beyond literary criticism, encompassing a vast range of subjects, from New York City to Faye Dunaway, from Wagner's \u003ci\u003eParsifal \u003c\/i\u003eto Leonardo da Vinci's inventions, and from the pleasures of summertime to grits soufflé. In these often surprising, always well-wrought essays, we see Hardwick's passion for people and places, her politics, her thoughts on feminism, and her ability, especially from the 1970s on, to write well about seemingly anything.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Hardwick\u003c\/b\u003e (1916-2007) was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and educated at the University of Kentucky and Columbia University. A recipient of a Gold Medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she is the author of three novels, a biography of Herman Melville, and four collections of essays. She was a co-founder and advisory editor of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e and contributed more than one hundred reviews, articles, reflections, and letters to the magazine. NYRB Classics publishes \u003ci\u003eSleepless Nights\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel; \u003ci\u003eSeduction and Betrayal\u003c\/i\u003e, a study of women in literature; and \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlex Andriesse\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1985. His stories, essays, and poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Review of Contemporary Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eProdigal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLiterary Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e. He has translated several works from Italian and French, including Roberto Bazlen's \u003ci\u003eNotes Without a Text and Other Writings\u003c\/i\u003e and François-René de Chateaubriand's \u003ci\u003eMemoirs from Beyond the Grave, 1768-1800\u003c\/i\u003e (an NYRB Classic). He lives in the Netherlands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New York Review of Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50533794709778,"sku":"9781681376233","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5a955d1a-51b0-475b-91d5-79777f36354d.jpg?v=1731411832","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-uncollected-essays-of-elizabeth-hardwick-9781681376233","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}