''Without Feathers'' (1975, ) is one of
Woody Allen
Heywood "Woody" Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American film director, writer, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades and multiple Academy Award-winning films. He began his career writing ...
's best-known books, spending four months on the
''New York Times'' Best Seller List. It is a collection of essays and two one-act plays, ''
Death
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God
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''.
Title meaning
The title ''Without Feathers'' is a reference to
Emily Dickinson
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Little-known during her life, she has since been regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry.
Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massach ...
's poem "'Hope' Is the Thing with Feathers", reflecting Allen's neurotic sense of hopelessness. The poem is mentioned in one of the stories.
Contents
# Selections from The Allen Notebooks
# Examining Psychic Phenomena
# A Guide to Some of the Lesser Ballets
# The Scrolls
# Lovborg's Women Considered
# The Whore of Mensa
[The New Yorker'', Dec. 16, 1974, pp.37-8]
# Death (A Play)
# The Early Essays
# A Brief Yet Helpful Guide to Civil Disobedience
# Match Wits With Inspector Ford
# The Irish Genius
# God (A Play)
# Fabulous Tales and Mythical Beasts
# But Soft. Real Soft.
# If the Impressionists Had Been Dentists
# No Kaddish for Weinstein
# Fine Times: An Oral Memoir
# Slang Origins
Notes and references
1975 books
Comedy books
Short story collections by Woody Allen
Jewish comedy and humor
English-language books
Random House books
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