The Professor A Sentimental Education
The Professor A Sentimental Education by Terry Castle is a collection of personal essays published by Harper Collins on January 4, 2011. This edition spans 352 pages and is presented in English. The anthology features a candid exploration of Castle’s experiences, including her romantic involvement with a female professor during graduate school, which serves as the centerpiece of the collection.
Readers will encounter a range of essays that reflect Castle’s distinctive voice and insightful commentary. The collection includes notable works such as “Desperately Seeking Susan,” which recounts her friendship with Susan Sontag, and “My Heroin Christmas,” a humorous take on addiction and family dynamics. Additionally, “Travels with My Mother” offers a lively exploration of lesbianism and art. Through these essays, Castle presents a thoughtful examination of personal and cultural themes, making this collection a significant contribution to literary collections and essays.
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From Terry Castle, the brilliant cultural commentator whom Susan Sontag called “the most expressive, most enlightening literary critic at large today,” comes a long-awaited collection of captivating personal essays. The title piece at the heart of the anthology—Castle’s candid, wry, and rueful retelling of her romantic involvement with a female professor during graduate school—is a pitch-perfect recollection of the fiascoes of youth. Here, also, are classic Castle short works, including “Desperately Seeking Susan,” a droll and bittersweet account of her friendship with Sontag; “My Heroin Christmas,” a darkly humorous examination of addiction, her family and stepsiblings, and the late, great saxophonist Art Pepper; and the picaresque “Travels with My Mother,” a rollicking tour through lesbianism, art, and the difficult yet transcendent paintings of Agnes Martin.
The Professor is Terry Castle at her best: utterly distinctive, wise, frank, and fearless.
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