The Professor: A Sentimental Education - Terry Castle

n Terry Castle is] the most expressive, most enlightening literary critic at large today. --Susan Sontag From one of America's most brilliant critics and cultural commentators, Terry Castle, comes The Professor and Other Writings a collection of startling, gorgeously-written autobiographical essays and a new, long-form piece about the devastation and beauty of early love. James Wolcott, contributing writer to Vanity Fair, calls Terry Castle a Jedi knight of literary exploration and lesbian scholarship, and The Professor and Other Writings a greatest-hits package of show-stopping monologues and offhand-genius riffs.

The Professor and Other Writings is a hilarious and heartbreaking exploration of gender, identity, and sexuality in the grand tradition of such feminist luminaries as Susan Sontag, Camille Paglia, and Joan Didion. n Terry Castle is] the most expressive, most enlightening literary critic at large today. --Susan Sontag From one of America's most brilliant critics and cultural commentators, Terry Castle, comes The Professor and Other

• Writings: a collection of startling, gorgeously-written autobiographical essays and a new, long-form piece about the devastation and beauty of early love. James Wolcott, contributing writer to Vanity Fair, calls Terry Castle a Jedi knight of literary exploration and lesbian scholarship, and The Professor and Other Writings a greatest-hits package of show-stopping monologues and offhand-genius riffs. The Professor and Other Writings is a hilarious and heartbreaking exploration of gender, identity, and sexuality in the grand tradition of such feminist luminaries as Susan Sontag, Camille Paglia, and Joan Didion. n Terry Castle is] the most expressive, most enlightening literary critic at large today. --Susan Sontag From one of America's most brilliant critics and cultural commentators, Terry Castle, comes The Professor and Other
• Writings: a collection of startling, gorgeously-written autobiographical essays and a new, long-form piece about the devastation and beauty of early love. James Wolcott, contributing writer to Vanity Fair, calls Terry Castle a Jedi knight of literary exploration and lesbian scholarship, and The Professor and Other Writings a greatest-hits package of show-stopping monologues and offhand-genius riffs. The Professor and Other Writings is a hilarious and heartbreaking exploration of gender, identity, and sexuality in the grand tradition of such feminist luminaries as Susan Son