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I. Hotel / describing eclipse
II. Hill / eclipse ocurrs
III. Abstract setting / commentary on eclipse
IV. Restaurant / returning home, back to
normal
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1979 CBS Broadcast
Context
Prime minister in UK
around the world; public panics and buys
gas making the situation worse
Discussion Questions
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Writer Characteristics
•“Walden with pizzazz” – Washington Post
•Says of writing, “Sometimes young writers are worried they have to develop their own prose style, but that’s not true. Whatever you write will turn into you” (Lawrence).
•“She has stated her willingness to sacrifice factual accuracy for the greater accomplishment of truth and art” (Smith ix).
•“She often emphasizes that she has a vision to convey, not a message” (Smith x).
"Total Eclipse" first appeared in Dillard's 1982 book _Teaching a Stone to Talk_
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Works Cited
Dillard, Annie. “Total Eclipse.” _The Next American Essay_. Ed.
John D’Agata. Minneapolis, MN: Graywolf, 2003. 97-10.
Print.
Lawrence, Malcolm. “Lunch with Annie Dillard.” _Tower of
Babel_. 30 April 1982. Web.
Slovic, Scott. “Sudden Feelings: Annie Dillard’s Psychology.”
_Seeking Awareness in American Nature Writing_. Salt
Lake City, UT: University of Utah, 1992. 61-92. Print.
Small, Evelyn. “‘An American Childhood’ by Annie Dillard.”
_Washington Post_ 1 August 2004: BW13. Web.
Smith, Linda L. _Annie Dillard_. New York: Twayne, 1991. Print.
Tanemura, Kenny. “Lyric Essays.” _Purdue Online Writing Lab.
21 April 2010. Web.
Author Background
• Born Meta Ann Doak, 1945 in Pittsburgh, PA
• Won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1975 for
_Pilgrim and Tinker Creek_
• Taught for 21 years at Wesleyan University in the English department
• No religion, but spiritual; democrat
• Contributing editor, Harper's magazine, 1974-1981, 1983-1985
• Usage panelist, American Heritage Dictionary
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