TY - BOOK AU - Gass,William H. TI - Habitations of the word: essays SN - 0671527266 AV - PS3557.A845 H3 1985 U1 - 814/.54 19 PY - 1985/// CY - New York PB - Simon and Schuster N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Emerson and the essay -- The neglect of Ford Madox Ford's Fifth queen -- Representation and the war for reality -- The soul inside the sentence -- Tropes of the text -- "And" -- Culture, self, and style -- On talking to oneself -- On reading to oneself -- The origin of extermination in the imagination -- The habitations of the word -- The death of the author ER -