Solve for X

by Saltzman, Arthur M.

• ISBN13: 9781570037078
• ISBN10: 1570037078
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-11-30
• Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Pr

Summary

Reflections on life and literature flavored with wit and wordplay

Author Biography

Arthur Saltzman is a professor of English at Missouri Southern State University.

Table of Contents

The Doctrine of Signatures	p. 1
Real Mature	p. 10
Duck-Rabbit Variations	p. 17
Getting Even with Dante	p. 26
Wunderkindergarten	p. 38
Because I Said So	p. 48
King Philip, Come Out, For God's Sake	p. 56
Something to Shoot For	p. 63
Turns for the Worse	p. 75
Solve for X	p. 80
Destiny as a Sentence by Henry James	p. 96
Staying Away	p. 104
Clothes and the Man	p. 111
Busy Signals	p. 119
Goodness Knows	p. 130
Let's Be Realistic	p. 139
Driving Concerns	p. 145
Only Just	p. 154
Afraid So	p. 164
Captivities	p. 174
Spitting Images	p. 182
Why I Don't Write Best Sellers	p. 188
Which Reminds Me	p. 201
That Subtle Knot	p. 211
In Praise of Pointlessness	p. 220
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