The White Album (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Joan Reese
- First Published: 1979
- Type of Work: Essays
- Genres: Nonfiction, Essays
- Subjects: 1960’s, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Social issues, California, West, U.S., Criticism, Popular culture, Women’s movement
With a title echoing the unofficial title of an album that the Beatles recorded in 1968, The White Album comprises mainly essays previously published in some form in various magazines, with each essay showing Didion's insight, precise diction, and ability to create powerful images.
The first part of The White Album is also called “The White Album” and includes only one essay, again called “The White Album” (1968-1978). That long essay is Didion's fifteen-section, associational consideration of why she could not tell herself the stories she needed to...
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