Gore Vidal Criticism

Gore Vidal, a multifaceted and prolific American writer, has left an indelible mark on literature with his extensive work encompassing novels, plays, screenplays, short stories, essays, and criticism. Vidal's writings often reflect his upbringing in a politically charged environment, as seen in his exploration of power and identity, particularly through the lenses of sexuality and gender identity in novels like Myra Breckenridge. His "Narratives of Empire" series, including works such as Burr and Lincoln, provides a critical examination of America's transformation from a republic to an empire, drawing parallels between historical events and contemporary issues, with keen observations noted in Hollywood.

Contents

  • Principal Works
  • Vidal, Gore (Vol. 142)
    • Gore Vidal and the Screening of America
    • Politics Is—Surprise!—Show Biz
    • My O My O Myra
    • How Pleasant To Be Enraged
    • Tiresias' Truths
    • TV Stations of the Cross
    • Is Nothing Sacred?
    • Meddling with Sacred History
    • Ecce Homo
    • When the Saints Go Marching In Again
    • Further Revelations
    • A Fiendish Gospel
    • Everlasting Watch, But Movieless
    • Star
    • Bolts from Mt. Olympus
    • The Red, White, and True
    • Gentleman's Relish
    • The Waspish Grandee
    • The Vital Vidal
    • Don't Look Back
    • Isn't It Romantic?
    • He Has Not Lived in Vain
    • Private Faces, Public Places
    • What Gore Remembers
    • Palimpsest
    • Class Act
    • Still Almost on Target
    • A Wrinkle in Time
    • American Prodigies
    • High Jinks and Low Jokes in Never-Land
    • The Cosmopolitan Man
    • Witness for the Prosecution
    • The Smithsonian Institution
    • Live from Golgotha: Gore Vidal and the Problem of Satiric Reinscription
    • Novel of the Week
  • Vidal, Gore (Vol. 22)
    • Gore Vidal: The Search for a King
    • Resucitated Emperor
    • The Last Pagan
    • Crime: 'Death in the Fifth Position', 'Death before Bedtime', and 'Death Likes It Hot'
    • Satire in Gore Vidal's 'Kalki'
    • The Winds of Vidal
    • Vidal's 5th Century B.C.
    • Encyclopedic Fiction: 'Creation'
    • Two Cheers for Zoroaster
    • Back to the Cradle
    • Imperial Dope
  • Vidal, Gore (Vol. 6)
  • Vidal, Gore (Vol. 10)
    • Francis X. Jordan
    • The Camera Follows
    • We Are for the Dark
    • Gilding the Lotus
    • Vishnu as Double Agent
    • His Own Worst Enemy
  • Vidal, Gore (Vol. 2)
  • Vidal, Gore (Vol. 4)
  • Vidal, Gore (Vol. 8)
  • Further Reading