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McInerney, Jay
McInerney, Jay (1955– ),novelist. Born in Connecticut and educated at Williams College, McInerney went to New York City as a fact‐checker for The New Yorker magazine. His first novel, Bright Lights, Big City (1984), about a young man's experience of existential furor in the city, won critical praise. A comic novel is Ransom (1985), set in Japan. The Story of My Life (1988) is another novel. Brightness Falls (1992) is a satiric novel about the excesses of city people in the 1980s. Model Behavior (1998) collects comic short stories and a novel. The Last of the Savages (1998) charts three decades of the American experience, beginning in the mid 1960s, as its two main characters move from youth to middle age.
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "McInerney, Jay." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "McInerney, Jay." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-McInerneyJay.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "McInerney, Jay." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-McInerneyJay.html |
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William Jay Gaynor
William Jay Gaynor 1849–1913, U.S. political leader, mayor of New York City, b. Oneida co., N.Y. He rose to prominence as a civic reformer in Brooklyn and, as justice of the New York supreme court (1893–1909), continued to oppose municipal graft. Tammany named him candidate; he won the 1909 election but soon lost Tammany support by his reform program, which was not highly successful. His strong and unconventional personality made him a spectacular figure of his time. |
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"William Jay Gaynor." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "William Jay Gaynor." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-E-Gaynor-W.html "William Jay Gaynor." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-E-Gaynor-W.html |
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