How to Be an Intellectual in the Age of TV The Lessons of Gore Vidal

"How to Be an Intellectual in the Age of TVis an illuminating, wide-ranging, and provocative examination of Gore Vidal's mulitple public identities-novelist, screenwriter, political commentator, TV personality. Marcie Frank's insights into Vidal's unique career and the cultural context in which it unfolded will appeal to anyone with an interest in American popular and literary cultures and the places where the two intersect."-Tom Perrotta, author of the novelsLittle Children,Joe College, andElectionFrank, Marcie is the author of 'How to Be an Intellectual in the Age of TV The Lessons of Gore Vidal', published 2005 under ISBN 9780822336402 and ISBN 0822336405.