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Iconoclast, activist, philosopher, and spiritual father of the environmental movement, the author of The Monkeywrench Gang was also an avid journal keeper. Here Abbey's longtime friend David Petersen showcases the best of these journals, complete with Abbey's philosophical musings, notes, character sketches, and illustrations.
CONFESSIONS OF A BARBARIAN by George Sylvester 1884-1962 Viereck Pdf
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Confessions of a Barbarian by George Sylvester Viereck Pdf
In response to an unfavorable review for "Confessions of a Barbarian," George Sylvester Viereck writes to the Editor of The Independent: Sir: It is not my habit to reply to reviewers. In the twenty-five years of my young life so many vials of ink have been poured upon my innocent head that I am somewhat impervious to either praise or blame. But 1 frankly admit that I am sorry that your magazine should have been the one to print so stupidly inadequate and imbecile a notice of my "Confessions of a Barbarian," as it did in its issue of July 28. I have now published four books in two languages in three countries. I have a certain standing as a writer, as an editor and as a playwright; and it seems to me that I am entitled to criticism, not to the badinage of a schoolboy. I would not object to an unfavorable review; but I think that you as the editor, should have protected me from drivel so inane, futile and hackneyed, written presumably by some preposterous nobody. Good God! Literature in this country must be chiefly its own reward.... This book of mine happens to be the bestselling non-fiction book in New York City. It happens to have been published in two languages. This fall John Lane will bring out an edition in England. The Ambassador of the United States, Dr. David Jayne Hill, has presented a copy of the book to the Kaiser. I have touched on many serious problems. I admit that I have written brilliantly; and it has always been characteristic of dull minds to suspect brilliancy of shallowness. Most people, especially amateur critics, seem to find it impossible to understand that a man may clever without being insincere. I have been in Germany, where I have spoken to some of the most important men in the Empire. Ministers of State and Ambassadors: and I have come in touch with the genius of the land. Between the lines of my book you will find hints of diplomatic secrets and traces of intimate knowledge of things German-American.... Gertrude Atherton, who knows Germany as well as this Country, calls it "really a memorable work." And finally James Huneker, perhaps our greatest living critic. has expressed himself as follows:"The spectacle of young Viereck spanking two nations in his 'Confessions' is enough to arouse the marble bust of his once famous grandmother, Edna Viereck. at the Royal Theater. Berlin; or to stir the envy of the first and only Shavian, G. B. S... George Sylvester Viereck is the head of a long line of American Super-Boys His book is flown with the frank insolence and effervescing wine of brilliant youth... He knows, like most poets, absolutely nothing of men and women, of art or of life, and that is his chief charm.... The fires of inexperience are more creative than the slag and cinders of wisdom.... Truth has been known to pop forth from the mouths of babes." Mr. Huneker, you will notice, is also a trifle facetious; but he recognizes the serious literary quality of my book. In fact, most reviewers have treated my "Confessions of a Barbarian" extremely well. I have had much of real illuminating criticism. The Call printed what would vulgarly have been called a "roast" of this book; and its author, Courtenay Lemon was very much surprised when in return I wrote him a flattering letter and asked him to lunch with me. But I was pleased with his review because he went into the essence of my work. While I cannot agree with him, at least he developed a point of view. Your reviewer touches not even the fringes of the book. He merely nicks out one little mannerism for his dubious witticism and then has the impudence to call his abortion an honest review! .... I wish that in justice to yourself and in justice to me you would print this letter. -GEORGE SYLVESTER VIERECK, New York City.
Confessions of a Barbarian by George Sylvester Vierick Pdf
This book of mine happens to be the bestselling non-fiction book in New York City. It happens to have been published in two languages. This fall John Lane will bring out an edition in England. The Ambassador of the United States, Dr. David Jayne Hill, has presented a copy of the book to the Kaiser. I have touched on many serious problems. I admit that I have written brilliantly; and it has always been characteristic of dull minds to suspect brilliancy of shallowness. Most people, especially amateur critics, seem to find it impossible to understand that a man may clever without being insincere. I have been in Germany, where I have spoken to some of the most important men in the Empire. Ministers of State and Ambassadors: and I have come in touch with the genius of the land. Between the lines of my book you will find hints of diplomatic secrets and traces of intimate knowledge of things German-American.... Gertrude Atherton, who knows Germany as well as this Country, calls it "really a memorable work." And finally James Huneker, perhaps our greatest living critic. has expressed himself as follows: "The spectacle of young Viereck spanking two nations in his 'Confessions' is enough to arouse the marble bust of his once famous grandmother, Edna Viereck. at the Royal Theater. Berlin; or to stir the envy of the first and only Shavian, G. B. S... George Sylvester Viereck is the head of a long line of American Super-Boys His book is flown with the frank insolence and effervescing wine of brilliant youth... He knows, like most poets, absolutely nothing of men and women, of art or of life, and that is his chief charm.... The fires of inexperience are more creative than the slag and cinders of wisdom.... Truth has been known to pop forth from the mouths of babes."-GEORGE SYLVESTER VIERECK, New York City
Few have cared more about American wilderness than the irascible Cactus Ed. Author of eco-classics such as The Monkey Wrench Gang and Desert Solitaire, Edward Abbey reveals all his rough-hewn edges and passionate beliefs in this witty, outspoken, maddening, and sometimes brilliant selection of journal entries that takes the writer from his early years as a park ranger and would-be literary author up to his death in 1989. This new edition features an interview in which Abbey speaks candidly about his own work, his approach to writing, and his writing mechanics as well. Also included is a detailed index and original sketches made by Abbey himself.
More than twenty-five years after his death, iconic writer and nature activist Edward Abbey (1929–1989) remains an influential presence in the American environmental movement. Abbey’s best known works continue to be widely read and inspire discourse on the key issues facing contemporary American society, particularly with respect to urbanization and technology. Abbey in America, published forty years after Abbey’s popular novel The Monkey Wrench Gang, features an all-star list of contributors, including journalists, authors, scholars, and two of Abbey’s best friends as they explore Abbey’s ideas and legacy through their unique literary, personal, and scholarly perspectives.
“The best biography ever about Ed. Cahalan’s meticulous research and thoughtful interviews have made this book the authoritative source for Abbey scholars and fans alike.” —Doug Peacock, author, environmentalist activist and explorer, and the inspiration for Hayduke in The Monkey Wrench Gang He was a hero to environmentalists and the patron saint of monkeywrenchers, a man in love with desert solitude. A supposed misogynist, ornery and contentious, he nevertheless counted women among his closest friends and admirers. He attracted a cult following, but he was often uncomfortable with it. He was a writer who wandered far from Home without really starting out there. James Cahalan has written a definitive biography of a contemporary literary icon whose life was a web of contradictions. Edward Abbey: A Life sets the record straight on "Cactus Ed," giving readers a fuller, more human Abbey than most have ever known. It separates fact from fiction, showing that much of the myth surrounding Abbey—such as his birth in Home, Pennsylvania, and later residence in Oracle, Arizona—was self-created and self-perpetuated. It also shows that Abbey cultivated a persona both in his books and as a public speaker that contradicted his true nature: publicly racy and sardonic, he was privately reserved and somber. Cahalan studied all of Abbey's works and private papers and interviewed many people who knew him—including the models for characters in The Brave Cowboy and The Monkey Wrench Gang—to create the most complete picture to date of the writer's life. He examines Abbey's childhood roots in the East and his love affair with the West, his personal relationships and tempestuous marriages, and his myriad jobs in continually shifting locations—including sixteen national parks and forests. He also explores Abbey's writing process, his broad intellectual interests, and the philosophical roots of his politics. For Abbey fans who assume that his "honest novel," The Fool's Progress, was factual or that his public statements were entirely off the cuff, Cahalan's evenhanded treatment will be an eye-opener. More than a biography, Edward Abbey: A Life is a corrective that shows that he was neither simply a countercultural cowboy hero nor an unprincipled troublemaker, but instead a complex and multifaceted person whose legacy has only begun to be appreciated. The book contains 30 photographs, capturing scenes ranging from Abbey's childhood to his burial site.
Aleister Crowley, Sylvester Viereck, Literature, Lust, and the Great War by Patrick J. Quinn Pdf
This book explores the lives of two writers, one born in Germany (Viereck) and one born in England (Crowley), who were both influenced by decadent French writers such as Baudelaire and Mirbeau and English poets such as Swinburne and Wilde. They both wrote decadent poetry early in their careers before becoming known in literary circles as two of the most wicked writers in America (Viereck) and the world (Crowley). By their twenties, their reputations as rebels against the restrictive and stifled cultures they inhabited were firmly established. Both men enjoyed breaking with the status quo by writing poetry, short stories, and plays with exotic scenes that celebrated the beauty of the female body. Both writers were captivated by the femme fatale and her deleterious effect on her male victims, robbing them of their opportunity for transcendence into a spiritual realm. Their work, especially their love poetry, their science fiction works dealing with vampires, and articles and essays concerning the onset of the Great War are still very readable today. What is also intriguing is that, in 1915, both men were working together in New York, where Viereck was the editor of two pro-German magazines, The Fatherland and The International. Searching for an editorial position at that time, Crowley learned about an opening and was hired by Viereck. There is speculation that Crowley’s “discovery” of the job opening for these pro-German magazines was a clever plan on the part of the British secret service to place one of their agents inside the German spy network in America, of which Viereck was a key player. Propaganda, intrigue, cover-ups, and the American declaration of war on Germany all make this alliance between the two very decadent poets, and perhaps spies or even double agents, worth knowing more about.
Author : Western Literature Association (U.S.) Publisher : TCU Press Page : 1072 pages File Size : 48,8 Mb Release : 1997 Category : American literature ISBN : 0875651755
Updating the Literary West by Western Literature Association (U.S.) Pdf
Given in honor of District Governor Hugh Summers and Mrs. Ahnise Summers by the Rotary Club of Aggieland with matching support from the Sara and John H. Lindsey '44 Fund, Texas A & M University Press, 2004.
David Rothenberg is one of our most eloquent observers of the interplay between nature, culture, and technology. These nineteen pieces exemplify what has been called Rothenberg's "amiable" mix of interests, styles, and approaches. In settings that range from wildest Norway to his own front porch in upstate New York, Rothenberg discusses the Hudson River School of painters, the hazy provenance of Chief Seattle's famous speech, ecoterrorism, suburbia, the World Wide Web, and much more. He asks if we can save a place less obtrusively than by turning it into a park. He muses on the plight of a pacifist beset by a swarm of mosquitoes. He ascends Mt. Ventoux with Petrarch and Mt. Katahdin with Thoreau. In Always the Mountains, Rothenberg dares us to "enjoy the fundamental uncertainty that grounds human existence," to wean ourselves from the habit of simple answers and embrace the world's vastness.
Disenchanted with the mainstream environmental movement, a new, more radical kind of environmental activist emerged in the 1980s. Radical environmentalists used direct action, from blockades and tree-sits to industrial sabotage, to save a wild nature that they believed to be in a state of crisis. Questioning the premises of liberal humanism, they subscribed to an ecocentric philosophy that attributed as much value to nature as to people. Although critics dismissed them as marginal, radicals posed a vital question that mainstream groups too often ignored: Is environmentalism a matter of common sense or a fundamental critique of the modern world? In The Ecocentrists, Keith Makoto Woodhouse offers a nuanced history of radical environmental thought and action in the late-twentieth-century United States. Focusing especially on the group Earth First!, Woodhouse explores how radical environmentalism responded to both postwar affluence and a growing sense of physical limits. While radicals challenged the material and philosophical basis of industrial civilization, they glossed over the ways economic inequality and social difference defined people’s different relationships to the nonhuman world. Woodhouse discusses how such views increasingly set Earth First! at odds with movements focused on social justice and examines the implications of ecocentrism’s sweeping critique of human society for the future of environmental protection. A groundbreaking intellectual history of environmental politics in the United States, The Ecocentrists is a timely study that considers humanism and individualism in an environmental age and makes a case for skepticism and doubt in environmental thought.
Got Truth? will take you on a humorous, enlightening journey of one man's search to find reality in a world full of "spin". Candid and honest, funny and maybe a little biased, you will be led on an educational, thoughtful and playful observation of the truths in our world. Got Truth? will make you wonder, will make you laugh, and will probably make you a little mad. It's all up to you and how you accept the truth in your life and your world.
Author : Arthur Herman Publisher : Simon and Schuster Page : 652 pages File Size : 42,9 Mb Release : 2010-05-29 Category : History ISBN : 9781451603132
The Idea of Decline in Western History by Arthur Herman Pdf
Historian Arthur Herman traces the roots of declinism and shows how major thinkers, past and present, have contributed to its development as a coherent ideology of cultural pessimism. From Nazism to the Sixties counterculture, from Britain's Fabian socialists to America's multiculturalists, and from Dracula and Freud to Robert Bly and Madonna, this work examines the idea of decline in Western history and sets out to explain how the conviction of civilization's inevitable end has become a fixed part of the modern Western imagination. Through a series of biographical portraits spanning the 19th and 20th centuries, the author traces the roots of declinism and aims to show how major thinkers of the past and present, including Nietzsche, DuBois, Sartre, and Foucault, have contributed to its development as a coherent ideology of cultural pessimism.
