Gore Vidal

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This bibliography documents all phases of Vidal's ongoing remarkable work. It focuses on Gore Vidal as a writer from 1940 through June, 2009. In two volumes (second on CD), this is the definitive, comprehensive, and descriptive bibliography of his work and is a valuable reference book for libraries, collectors, scholars, booksellers, and Vidalophiles.The book is organized in user-friendly sections, of which the A (Books and Pamphlets), B (Contributions to Books and Pamphlets), and D (Foreign Language Translations of Books) Sections identify, with detailed descriptions, Vidal's books, significant textual variations within a title by comparing different editions of a book, books and pamphlets with contributions by him and foreign translations in more than 30 languages, with full bibliographic citations of the books in French, Italian, and Spanish. More than 400 of his contributions to periodicals are listed and cross-referenced to their reappearances in books, collections, and anthologies. Also included are selected interviews with Vidal. His screenplays for film and television, both original writings and adaptations, are included, as are web postings and podcasts of essays, comments, excerpts, and reviews.The Appendices include a chronology of Vidal's life, a table of essay titles (including title changes), a table of Vidal's small press appearances, a selection of critical works about him and his oeuvre, and a listing of Vidal's work as an actor. More than 650 images of the covers and title pages of a wide selection of Vidal's books are included in grayscale in Volume I, and more than 1400 in color on the accompanying CD-ROM.Through this bibliography, scholars and readers interested in literature, social commentary, sexuality, media, religion, history, politics, and public life have a valuable tool for research on one of the Modern Era's most celebrated authors.

Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Literary Figures (fancy, right?)