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Gore Vidal (Critical Survey of Long Fiction)

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Gore Vidal wrote short stories as well as novels, and he is known as a master essayist, having regularly published collections of essays. Vidal also wrote or adapted plays during the so-called golden age of television, and he wrote screenplays during the last days of the Hollywood studio system.

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Gore Vidal is considered a leading American literary figure. While primarily a novelist, he has mastered almost every genre, except poetry. He won success in films, in television, and on Broadway. Many readers consider him a better...

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