Mary McCarthy
Mccarthy, Mary Therese - 1912–89, American writer, b. Seattle, grad. Vassar, 1933. As drama critic for the Partisan Review (1937–45), she gained a reputation for wit, intellect, and acerbity. Her novel The Oasis (1949) satirizes left-wing intellectuals, whereas The Group (1963) satirizes an entire generation. Her other novels include Cast a Cold Eye (1950), The Groves of Academe Read More...
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Encounters: An Anthology ("My Confession" by Mary McCarthy begins on p. 34)
by Stephen Spender, Melvin J. Lasky. 562 pgs.
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Contemporary American Novelists ("The Dissections of Mary McCarthy" begins on p. 54)
by Harry T. Moore. 238 pgs.
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Telling Lies in Modern American Autobiography (Chap. 5 "Mary McCarthy: I Do Believe Her Though I Know She Lies")
by Timothy Dow Adams. 205 pgs.
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"All My Habits of Mind": Performance and Identity in the Novels of Mary McCarthy, in Studies in the Novel
by Kelly A. Marsh. 17 pgs.
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William S. Burroughs at the Front: Critical Reception, 1959-1989 (Chap. 4 "Burroughs' Naked Lunch" by Mary McCarthy)
by Robin Lydenberg, Jennie Skerl. 282 pgs.
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American Women Fiction Writers, 1900-1960 ("Mary McCarthy 1912-1989 " begins on p. 55)
by Harold Bloom. 176 pgs.
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Encyclopedia of the Essay ("McCarthy, Mary American, 1912-1989" begins on p. 507)
by Tracy Chevalier. 1004 pgs.
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The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story ("Mary McCarthy (1912–1989)" begins on p. 361)
by Blanche H. Gelfant, Lawrence Graver. 660 pgs.
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Catholic Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook ("Mary McCarthy (1912–1989)" begins on p. 235)
by Mary R. Reichardt. 424 pgs.
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Twenty-Four Ways of Looking at Mary Mccarthy: The Writer and Her Work
by Eve Stwertka, Margo Viscusi. 226 pgs.
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