Description |
xi, 442 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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Gender group: gdr Men lcdgt |
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Nationality/regional group: nat Americans lcdgt |
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Occupational/field of activity group: occ University and college faculty members lcdgt |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
The path of sorrows -- The will to destruction as the basis of allegory -- A Socratic interlude -- Wallace Stevens and the confidence of imagination -- Adorno -- An interchapter -- The auroras of autumn -- Rembrandt, Bathsheba, and the textures of art -- "What think you of falling in love?" |
Summary |
"It is no wonder literary criticism is so sullen. It is too philosophical, too much indebted to the dour Walter Benjamin, wedded to aestheticized helplessness. Criticism needs new inspirations: the sober cheer of Wallace Stevens; the loving eye of Rembrandt; romance, melodrama, and wit. Let there be more poetry, Paul Bové says, and less cynicism"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Criticism.
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Intellectual life.
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Poetry.
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Melancholy.
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Criticism. (OCoLC)fst00883735
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Intellectual life. (OCoLC)fst00975769
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Melancholy. (OCoLC)fst01015651
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ISBN |
9780674977150 hardcover |
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0674977157 hardcover |
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