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Woody Allen

Woody Allen

Woody Allen is an Cinema of the United States film director, writer, actor, comedian, musician and playwright.Allen's distinctive films, which run the gamut from dramas to Screwball comedy film, have made him one of the most respected living American directors....
's Without Feathers (1975, ISBN 0-394-49743-0) is one of his best-known literary pieces. The book spent 4 months on the New York Times Bestseller List. The book is a collection of short stories and also features two one act plays, Death
Death (play)

Death is a play by Woody Allen. It was first published in 1975, along with God , and other short stories in Woody Allen's book Without Feathers....
and God
God (play)

God, subtitled A Comedy in One Act, is a play by Woody Allen. It was first published in 1975, along with Death , and other short stories in Woody Allen's book Without Feathers....
.

name is essentially a play on Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was an American poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life....
's words "Hope is the thing with feathers", reflecting Woody Allen's neurotic sense of hopelessness.

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Woody Allen

Woody Allen is an Cinema of the United States film director, writer, actor, comedian, musician and playwright.Allen's distinctive films, which run the gamut from dramas to Screwball comedy film, have made him one of the most respected living American directors....
's Without Feathers (1975, ISBN 0-394-49743-0) is one of his best-known literary pieces. The book spent 4 months on the New York Times Bestseller List. The book is a collection of short stories and also features two one act plays, Death
Death (play)

Death is a play by Woody Allen. It was first published in 1975, along with God , and other short stories in Woody Allen's book Without Feathers....
and God
God (play)

God, subtitled A Comedy in One Act, is a play by Woody Allen. It was first published in 1975, along with Death , and other short stories in Woody Allen's book Without Feathers....
.

Explanation of the novel's title

The name is essentially a play on Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was an American poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life....
's words "Hope is the thing with feathers", reflecting Woody Allen's neurotic sense of hopelessness. The Dickinson poem is mentioned in one of the stories in the collection.

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
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