The Book Prize Index

The Second American Revolution and Other Essays

Gore Vidal

This collection of essays includes Vidal's noted pieces on Theodore Roosevelt, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Edmund Wilson, and on the need for a new constitutional convention and ranges across a wide spectrum of social, political, and literary matters.

Politics & GovernmentPolitics & Government · medium confidencePolitics & Government81 signalsLlm Classifier: Politics & Government -> Politics & GovernmentOpen Library: American essays -> Arts & CriticismKeyword Classifier: American History -> American HistoryLiterature & WritersIntellectual History & IdeasArt, Music & Performance

Award History

1 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
National Book Critics Circle Award for CriticismMajor1982WinnerSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

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    • Theodore Roosevelt48%
    • F. Scott Fitzgerald45%
    • Edmund Wilson40%

  2. 02 Central places

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  3. 03 Suggested argument

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  4. 04 Reading orientation

    35 / 100 academic

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Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 58%.