Envy: The Seven Deadly Sins (New York Public Library Lectures in Humanities) PDF
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Envy: The Seven Deadly Sins Joseph Epstein OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Envy Pride Michael Eric Dyson Envy Joseph Epstein Anger Robert A. F. Thurman Sloth Wendy Wasserstein Greed Phyllis Tickle Gluttony Francine Prose Lust Simon Blackburn F or over a decade, The New York Public Library and Oxford University Press have annually invited a prominent figure in the arts and letters to give a series of lectures on a topic of his or her choice. Subsequently these lectures become the basis of a book jointly published by the Library and the Press. For 2002 and 2003 the two institutions asked seven noted writers, scholars, and critics to offer a “meditation on temptation” on one of the seven deadly sins. Envy by Joseph Epstein is the first book from this lecture series. Previous books from The New York Public Library/Oxford University Press Lectures are: The Old World’s New World by C. Vann Woodward Culture of Complaint: The Fraying of America by Robert Hughes Witches and Jesuits: Shakespeare’s Macbeth by Garry Wills Visions of the Future: The Distant Past, Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow by Robert Heilbroner Doing Documentary Work by Robert Coles The Sun, the Genome, and the Internet by Freeman J. Dyson The Look of Architecture by Witold Rybczynski Visions of Utopia by Edward Rothstein, Herbert Muschamp, and Martin E. Marty Also by Joseph Epstein Fabulous Small Jews Snobbery Narcissus Leaves the Pool Life Sentences With My Trousers Rolled Pertinent Players The Goldin Boys A Line Out for a Walk Partial Payments Once More Around the Block Plausible Prejudices The Middle of My Tether Familiar Territory Ambition Divorced in America Env y The Seven Deadly Sins Joseph Epstein The New York Public Library 2003 Oxford New York Auckland Bangkok Buenos Aires Cape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kolkata Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi São Paulo Shanghai Taipei Tokyo Toronto Copyright © 2003 by Joseph Epstein Published by Oxford University Press, Inc., and the New York Public Library, 2003 Oxford University Press, Inc. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York, 10016 www.oup.com Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Epstein, Joseph, 1937– Envy: the seven deadly sins / Joseph Epstein. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and Index. ISBN 0-19-515812-1 1. Envy. I. Title. BF575.E65E67 2003 179'.8—dc21 2003003630 All cartoons courtesy of The New Yorker: p. xvi © Mort Gerberg; p. 10 © Barbara Smaller; pp. 24, 38 © Edward Koren; p. 30 © J. P. Rini; p. 66 © J. B. Handelsman; p. 76 © Leo Cullum; p. 90 © Al Ross. 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper To my friend Gary W. Fisher, who has a happy deficiency of the quality that is the subject of this book. This page intentionally left blank
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