21. Gore Vidal : "Robert Graves And The Twelve Caesars" gore vidal's famous essay on Robert Grave's version of Suetonius' writings. http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/desolation/gore-vidal.html

"Robert Graves and the Twelve Caesars" by Gore Vidal A little effete and even degenerate (but then I am a typical "20th century North American" in his eyes, I guess), Gore Vidal is an essayist of the highest rank, in my opinion. Below is an example of Vidal at his best - especially towards the end of his essay when he speaks of the ubiquitous tyranny of the post-WWII world. "Most of the world today is governed by Caesars. Men and more and more treated as things. Torture is ubiquitous. And, as Sartre wrote in his preface to Henri Alleg's chilling book about Algeria, 'Anyone, at any time, may equally find himself victim or executioner.' Suetonius, in holding up a mirror to those Caesars of diverting legend, reflects not only them but ourselves: half-tempted creatures, whose great moral task it is to hold in balance the angel and the monster within - for we are both, and to ignore this duality is to invite disaster." Tiberius, Capri. Pool of water. Small children... So far so good. One's laborious translation was making awful sense. Then... Fish. Fish? The erotic mental image became surreal. Another victory for the Loeb Library's sly translator, J.C. Rolfe, who, correctly anticipating the pruriency of schoolboy readers, left Suetonius's gaudier passages in the hard original. One failed to crack those intriguing footnotes not because the syntax was so difficult (though it was not easy for students drilled in military rather than civilian Latin) but because the range of vice revealed was considerably beyond the imagination of even the most depraved schoolboy. There was a point at which one rejected one's own translation. Tiberius and the little fish, for instance.

22. The New York Review Of Books: Gore Vidal Links to reviews and articles in the New York Review of Books, plus a bibliography of vidal's books. http://www.nybooks.com/authors/213

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24. Glbtq >> Literature >> Vidal, Gore The multifaceted gore vidal is important in the gay literary heritage because of the straightforwardness with which he has pursued gay themes and included gay http://www.glbtq.com/literature/vidal_g.html

Encyclopedia Discussion Forgot Your Password? Not a Member Yet? JOIN TODAY. IT'S FREE! Advertising Opportunities Terms of Service Alpha Index: A-B C-F G-K L-Q ... T-Z Subjects: A-B C-E F-L M-Z Vidal, Gore (b. 1925) page: The multifaceted [Eugene] Gore Vidal [Jr.] is a novelist, playwright, essayist, mystery writer (under the pseudonym Edgar Box), screenwriter, social critic, literary critic, congressional candidate, political activist, and actor. Entering the army during World War II while in his teens and rising to the rank of sergeant, Vidal has had no formal higher education. He is important for the gay literary heritage because of the straightforwardness with which he has pursued gay themes and included gay characters in his work, beginning in his teens when he wrote his first novel, Williwaw Sponsor Message. He has also steadily upped the ante about what sorts of gay material could be included in his mainstream works and as a result has made it easier for a wide range of other writers to find public acknowledgment of their material. Although the grandson of a United States Senator, Vidal feels uncomfortable in America because of his sexuality and has lived mostly in Italy since the mid-1960s, sharing his life with his companion Howard Austen.

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27. Gary Conklin Films Independent filmmaker with collection of films on Berlin during the Weimar Republic, Paul Bowles, John Huston, gore vidal, Rufino Tamayo, and other 20th century cultural icons. http://garyconklinfilms.com/

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28. Parker Tyler About Parker Tyler, checklist, interview with gore vidal, acknowledgments, links. http://www.torriblezone.com/parker.html

About Parker Tyler Checklist Interview with Gore Vidal A note about Charles Henri Ford ... Links Except where noted, material appearing on this website is licensed under a Creative Commons License Please email me if you have any comments or questions about this site. Thanks! J. A. Lee

29. Vidal, Gore encyclopediaEncyclopedia vidal, gore. vidal, gore, 1929–, American Related content from HighBeam Research on gore vidal. BOOK CLUB OF THE http://www.infoplease.com/ce5/CE054194.html

HOTWORDS CITE PRINT EMAIL in All Infoplease Almanacs Biographies Dictionary Encyclopedia Home Almanacs Atlas Dictionary ... D-Day Infoplease Tools Periodic Table Conversion Tool Perpetual Calendar Year by Year ... Site Map Also from Infoplease Search Infoplease Info search tips Search Biographies Bio search tips Encyclopedia Vidal, Gore Vidal, Gore, Williwaw (1946), was based on his experiences in World War II. The City and the Pillar (1948, rev. ed. 1965) was one of the first mainstream novels to deal frankly with homosexuality. His best-known novel, Myra Breckenridge (1968), is a witty satire about a man who dies and returns to life as a woman. Washington, D.C. Burr Lincoln Empire Hollywood (1990), and The Golden Age Julian Creation Live from Golgotha (1992), and The Smithsonian Institution (1998). Among his plays are Visit to a Small Planet (1955) and The Best Man (1960). Vidal's sharply argued and often controversial essays have been collected in several volumes, including Reflections on a Sinking Ship The Second American Revolution Armageddon Screening History (1993), and

30. Isebrand's Home Page Political and social writing, photos, and links from the author of the gore vidal pages, who also shares information about his bionic cat. http://www.isebrand.beliefnet.com/index.html

Scott Isebrand, Gore Vidal, Politics, Religion, Creationism . . . . Isebrand IJsebrand Ysebrand, Isebrands I S E B R A N D' S H O M E P A G E Home Gore Vidal My Writings Politics ... Bionic Cat Religion Good Humor An Iowan in Manhattan I didn't leave The Hawkeye State until 1993, when I interned in London as a Research Assistant in the House of Commons, and later in 1994 as an assistant to the Bishop of London's Chaplain to the Homeless. In 1997, after graduate school at Yale, I moved Manhattan. And here I ama white bread guy living on the Upper West Side, suddenly surrounded by synagogues, taxis, brownstones, and tourists...from Iowa. LINKS Miscellaneous perseverations: American Museum of Natural History Lux et Gravitas . (In the end...it's all gravity.) Stonewall Democratic Club of NYC NYC's citywide LGBT Democratic Club. The Church of St. Mary the Virgin An Anglo-Catholic parish in the heart of Times Sq. (See also: Anglo-Catholic Socialism Deweysing The Web page for my neighbor's singing dog, Dewey. He was even on Good Morning America Back to Top

31. The City And The Pillar, By Gore Vidal The City and the Pillar (and Seven Early Stories) by gore vidal. (Random House). review by Ron Hogan. The publication of The City and http://desires.com/1.7/Word/Bookrevs/Docs/gv.html

The City and the Pillar (and Seven Early Stories) by Gore Vidal (Random House) review by Ron Hogan The publication of The City and the Pillar in 1948 caused a profound change in the life of its author, Gore Vidal. Still in his early twenties, with two previous novels and a growing critical reputation, Vidal was one of the hottest writers of the new post-war generation. Meanwhile, his grandfather, the former Senator T.P. Gore, was quietly arranging for Vidal to be elected to his first political office. But reaction to the novel completely derailed Vidal's potential career in politics (though he subsequently ran for office twice), and knocked his literary career off track for over a decade and a half. The critical response to the book was so merciless that for six years the New York Times had a standing policy not to review any novels by Vidal. What so infuriated the critics yet aroused public interest enough to turn the novel into a best seller? The City and the Pillar depicts a homosexual encounter between two young, all-American athletic types, and the torch that one carries for the other. Fifty years later it may seem difficult to understand the scandal this novel spawned, but Vidal challenged the sexual stereotypes of post-war America by discussing sexual attraction and activity between men without portraying it as an aberration. He spoke plainly and openly about the regularity with which such things took place in Hollywood, in New York, and in the armed forces, and that proved monumentally controversial. Contemporary readers may be bored by stilted dialogue such as:

32. Novelist Gore Vidal To Attend McVeigh Execution CNN http://cnn.com/2001/US/05/05/vidal.mcveigh.ap/index.html

33. ISEBRAND, Gore Vidal, IseFire, American Truths Daily political blog IseFire plus links to news sources and liberal commentary. Includes The gore vidal Pages. http://www.isebrand.com/

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34. LookSmart - Directory - Gore Vidal YOU ARE HERE Home Lifestyle Books Authors Gay Lesbian vidal, gore. Join the Zeal community and help build the gore vidal Directory Category. http://search.looksmart.com/p/browse/us1/us317834/us317898/us166639/us10217232/u

@import url(/css/us/style.css); @import url(/css/us/searchResult1.css); Home IN the directory this category YOU ARE HERE Home Lifestyle Books Authors Gore Vidal - Find fan tributes, quotes and RealAudio interviews featuring the novelist and playwright. Directory Listings About Danny Yee's Book Reviews - Creation Danny Yee presents this review of "Creation" by Gore Vidal for potential readers to examine. LA Weekly - The Last Defender of the American Republic? Marc Cooper interviews Gore Vidal about "Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace: How We Got To Be So Hated," his essay collection published soon after September 11, 2001. LA Weekly - Uncensored Gore Archive presents Usenet fan reviews of the science fiction/fantasy books by Gore Vidal. St. James Ency. of Popular Culture - Gore Vidal Profiles the author and discusses his major works, including "Myr Breckinridge" and "Visit to a Small Planet." Select from one of Gore Vidal's novels or check out a collection of his short stories at this bookseller. Vidal, Gore - Bohemian Ink Provides a selection of news articles related to the American author along with links to related sources. Vidal, Gore - Bold Type

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@import url(/external/styles/global/0,14250,,00.css); Sign in Register Go to: Guardian Unlimited home UK news World news Archive search Arts Books Business EducationGuardian.co.uk Film Football Jobs Life MediaGuardian.co.uk Money The Observer Online Politics Shopping SocietyGuardian.co.uk Sport Talk Travel Audio Email services Special reports The Guardian The weblog The informer The northerner The wrap Advertising guide Crossword Dating Headline service Syndication services Events / offers Help / contacts Information Living our values Newsroom Reader Offers Style guide Travel offers TV listings Weather Web guides Working at GNL Guardian Weekly Money Observer Home UK Business Online ... Quiz Search this site In this section US troops 'endanger aid staff' US probes deaths of 37 Afghan and Iraqi detainees Travels in al-Qaida country US accused of abusing and beating Afghan detainees ... Afghan warlord calls for sackings Taking liberties Since September 11 the US is in danger of turning into a 'seedy imperial state', argues Gore Vidal Saturday April 27, 2002 The Guardian According to the Koran, it was on a Tuesday that Allah created darkness. Last September 11, when suicide pilots were crashing commercial airliners into crowded American buildings, I did not have to look at the calendar to see what day it was: Dark Tuesday was casting its long shadow across Manhattan and along the Potomac river. I was also not surprised that despite the seven or so trillion dollars the US has spent since 1950 on what is euphemistically called "defence", there would have been no advance warning from the FBI or CIA or Defence Intelligence Agency.

36. Vidal, Gore. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001. vidal, gore. 1929–, American writer, b. West Point, NY He grew up in Washington http://www.bartleby.com/65/vi/Vidal-Go.html

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37. CNN.com - Author Takes Controversial Look At Bush's Motives For Going To War - F CNN http://cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/02/26/cf.opinion.gore.vidal/index.html

The Web CNN.com Home Page World U.S. Weather ... Special Reports SERVICES Video E-Mail Services CNNtoGO SEARCH Web CNN.com AIRS: Weekdays 4:30 p.m. ET / 1:30 p.m. PT In the Crossfire Author takes controversial look at Bush's motives for going to war In his new book, "Dreaming War," Gore Vidal questions the motives behind the war on terror. Story Tools WASHINGTON (CNN) Author Gore Vidal takes aim at the Bush administration and questions the motives behind the war on terror in his new book, "Dreaming War: Blood For Oil and the Cheney-Bush Junta." Is corporate greed the overriding factor behind wanting to go to war with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein or is it the threat he poses to national security? Vidal joined hosts Tucker Carlson and James Carville on Tuesday to defend his controversial positions. CARLSON: Now, Mr. Vidal, you make a number of pretty serious charges in this book, but here's one from page 17. I want to read it to you. You write, "The unlovely Osama was chosen on aesthetic grounds to be the frightening logo for our long contemplated invasion and conquest of Afghanistan, planning for which had been 'contingency' some years before 9/11." The implication is that Osama bin Laden was some sort of patsy, a Richard Jewell figure, sort of chosen. Do you believe that?

38. 62874. Vidal, Gore. The Columbia World Of Quotations. 1996 ATTRIBUTION gore vidal (b. 1925), US novelist, critic. “At Home in Washington, DC,” Armageddon? Essays 19831987 (1987). BIOGRAPHY Columbia Encyclopedia. http://www.bartleby.com/66/74/62874.html

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40. Calvino's Death A eulogy by gore vidal. http://www.emory.edu/EDUCATION/mfp/eulogy.html

CALVINO'S DEATH by Gore Vidal O n the morning of Friday, September 20, 1985, the first equinoctial storm of the year broke over the city of Rome. I awoke to thunder and lightning; and thought I was, yet again, in the Second World War. Shortly before noon, a car and driver arrived to take me up the Mediterranean coast to a small town on the sea called Castiglion della Pescaia where, at one o'clock, Italo Calvino, who had died the day before, would be buried in the village cemetery. Calvino had had a cerebral hemorrhage two weeks earlier while sitting in the garden of his house at Pineta di Roccamare, where he had spent the summer working on the Charles Eliot Norton lectures that he planned to give during the fall and winter at Harvard. I last saw him in May. I commended him on his bravery: He planned to give the lectures in English, a language that he read easily but spoke hesitantly, unlike French and Spanish, which he spoke perfectly; but then he had been born in Cuba, son of two Italian agronomists; and had lived for many years in Paris. It was night. We were on the terrace of my apartment in Rome; an overhead light made his deep-set eyes look even darker than usual. Italo gave me his either-this-or-that frown; then he smiled, and when he smiled, suddenly, the face would become like that of an enormously bright child who has just worked out the unified field theory. "At Harvard. I shall stammer," he said. "But then I stammer in every language."

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