William H. Gass, “"The Artist and Society" - Draft Fragments”, not dated, William H. Gass: The Soul Inside the Sentence, accessed February 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/gass/item/14436

Title

"The Artist and Society" - Draft Fragments

Description

Selected draft fragments of the essay, "The Artist and Society," first published in The New Republic, July 17, 1968, reprinted in The Purdue Alumnus and The Penguin Book of Essay, and collected in Fiction and the Figures of Life.

Subject

Gass, William H., 1924---Fiction and the Figures of Life.

Creator

William H. Gass

Source

William H. Gass Papers

Date

not dated

Format

Text

12 jpeg files

600 ppi

Language

English

Type

Manuscripts

Identifier

MSS051_II-1_The_Artist_And_Society_Partial_Draft_06_a.jpg
MSS051_II-1_The_Artist_And_Society_Partial_Draft_06_b.jpg
MSS051_II-1_The_Artist_And_Society_Partial_Draft_08.jpg
MSS051_II-1_The_Artist_And_Society_Partial_Draft_01_a.jpg
MSS051_II-1_The_Artist_And_Society_Partial_Draft_01_b.jpg
MSS051_II-1_The_Artist_And_Society_Partial_Draft_02_a.jpg
MSS051_II-1_The_Artist_And_Society_Partial_Draft_03_a.jpg
MSS051_II-1_The_Artist_And_Society_Partial_Draft_04_a.jpg
MSS051_II-1_The_Artist_And_Society_Partial_Draft_05_a.jpg
MSS051_II-1_The_Artist_And_Society_Partial_Draft_07_a.jpg
MSS051_II-1_The_Artist_And_Society_Partial_Draft_09_a.jpg
MSS051_II-1_The_Artist_And_Society_Partial_Draft_10_a.jpg

Rights

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William H. Gass, “"The Artist and Society" - Draft Fragments”, not dated, William H. Gass: The Soul Inside the Sentence, accessed February 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/gass/item/14436