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Published by The Dalkey Archive Press, 1817 79th Avenue, Elmwood Park, IL 60635, the bibliography treats writings both by and about the contemporary novelist, poet, and critic whose first short story was published in 1956. Section A records Sorrentino's separate publications in chronological order, providing information on first editions and subsequent issues, including illustrations, publication data and background notes. Section B lists contributions to books, and section C those to periodicals. Also included are lists of Sorrentino's book jacket copy and blurbs, interviews and recordings, all known book reviews and all critical commentary. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

ANQ 1-94
"Exemplary. . . . It is so good that McPheron's descriptive data . . . can stand with the work of such legendary bibliographers as John Slocum and Fredson Bowers. . . . Anyone working on Sorrentino, and certainly his future biographer, will be forever indebted to this study. It is a model of what descriptive bibliography can be and do."

American Literary Scholarship 6-93
"Sorrentino's presence is attested to by William McPheron, whose Gilbert Sorrentino: A Descriptive Bibliography includes such pertinent and extensive annotations of the history of this author's publications as to qualify as historical analysis."

Resources for American Literary Study vol. 21, no. 2, 1995
"Gilbert Sorrentino's career is one that makes sound descriptive bibliography an absolute necessity. . . . What one finds in McPheron's bibliography is the fascinating record of a writer absolutely central to the literary period in which he lives."

Book Description
The trajectory of Gilbert Sorrentino's literary life can be tracked in this bibliography, from his first short story in a 1956 issue of his college literary magazine, through his involvement with the New York publishing scene in the 1960s and 1970s, and finally into the 1980s and early 1990, when his work, as at the beginning, once again is being published by small presses. The bibliography treats writings both by and about Sorrentino, uniting in one volume exhaustive descriptive analyses of primary works with annotated treatment of secondary sources. It thereby serves the needs not only of scholars and collectors interested in the physical production of Sorrentino's books but also of literary critics concerned with matters of reception and interpretation.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

The trajectory of Gilbert Sorrentino's literary life can be tracked in this bibliography, from his first short story in a 1956 issue of his college literary magazine, through his involvement with the New York publishing scene in the 1960s and 1970s, and finally into the 1980s and early 1990, when his work, as at the beginning, once again is being published by small presses. The bibliography treats writings both by and about Sorrentino, uniting in one volume exhaustive descriptive analyses of primary works with annotated treatment of secondary sources. It thereby serves the needs not only of scholars and collectors interested in the physical production of Sorrentino's books but also of literary critics concerned with matters of reception and interpretation.

"Gilbert Sorrentino's career is one that makes sound descriptive bibliography an absolute necessity. . . . What one finds in McPheron's bibliography is the fascinating record of a writer absolutely central to the literary period in which he lives." (Resources for American Literary Study vol. 21, no. 2, 1995)

"Sorrentino's presence is attested to by William McPheron, whose Gilbert Sorrentino: A Descriptive Bibliography includes such pertinent and extensive annotations of the history of this author's publications as to qualify as historical analysis." (American Literary Scholarship 6-93)

"Exemplary. . . . It is so good that McPheron's descriptive data . . . can stand with the work of such legendary bibliographers as John Slocum and Fredson Bowers. . . . Anyone working on Sorrentino, and certainly his future biographer, will be forever indebted to this study. It is a model of what descriptive bibliography can be and do." (ANQ 1-94)

FROM THE CRITICS

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