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Middle C dust jacket
Dust jacket of Middle C by William H. Gass, New York: Knopf, 2013.
Middle C - Early Organizational Scheme
The first six pages of an early, chapter-by-chapter organizational scheme created by William H. Gass during the development of Middle C. This outline does not reflect the finished book.
Cartesian Sonata and Other Novellas dust jacket
Dust jacket for Cartesian Sonata and Other Novellas by William H. Gass, New York: Knopf, 1998.
Typed manuscript of “Proust at 100”
Typed manuscript of “Proust at 100.” Published as “One Hundred Years of Proust” in The New York Times Book Review (July 11, 1971) and in The World Within the Word.
In the Heart and the Heart of the Country dust jackets
Dust jackets for various English and foreign language editions of In the Heart and the Heart of the Country by William H. Gass.
Willie Masters' Lonesome Wife cover
Cover for Willie Masters' Lonesome Wife by William H. Gass, Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 1968(TriQuarterly Supplement Number Two).
A Defense of the Book covers
Book covers for two editions of A Defense of the Book by William H. Gass. Designed by Ken Botnick. St. Louis, MO: Emdash, 2001 Published in Harper’s Magazine (November 1999) and A Temple of Texts, New York: Knopf, 2006
Typescript draft of “Sweets”
Typescript draft of “Sweets.” A fictional memoir published as “Sweet Things” in Harper’s Magazine (February 1992) and included in The Tunnel.
Typescript drafts and notes of “The Religion of Consciousness”
Typed manuscript drafts of “The Religion of Consciousness” by William H. Gass. Essay on Katherine Anne Porter, stolen and published by a fellow professor at Purdue University—the same professor who stole the Omensetter’s Luck…
"Marianne Moore’s Lexicon Compiled as a Companion to Her Complete Poems"
"Marianne Moore’s Lexicon Complied as a Companion to Her Complete Poems" by William H. Gass. Created for the Philosophy and Literature Spring 1999 class during Gass’s final semester of teaching.