Contemporary Literary Criticism | Vidal, Gore (Vol. 142) - Further Reading

FURTHER READING

CRITICISM

Benfey, Christopher. “Dead Presidents Society.” New York Times Book Review (1 March 1998): 8.

Review of The Smithsonian Institution.

Carson, Tom. “Vidal Statistics.” Village Voice (28 November 1995): 73.

Review of Palimpsest.

Dirda, Michael. “Gore Vidal: Views and Reviews.” Washington Post Book World (30 May 1993): 1, 10.

Dirda offers a positive assessment of Vidal's collected essays in United States.

Disch, Thomas M. “A Coke with Petronius.” Nation (16 November 1992): 606-08.

Disch offers a positive assessment of Live from Golgotha.

Duffy, Martha. “A Gadfly in Glorious, Angry Exile.” Time (28 September 1992): 64.

Provides discussion of Vidal's self-imposed exile, his literary career and novel Live from Golgotha, and his views on American politics and culture.

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