Sallies of the MindRoutledge, 17 apr. 2018 - 253 pagini Francis Fergusson was one of the foremost American literary critics and scholars of the twentieth century. A man of the theater as well as a man of letters, Fergusson's versatility and mastery traversed a wide range of intellectual disciplines. As George Core notes: "one of the most remarkable aspects of Fergusson's criticism is that it stands comfortably, at ease, with the best work stemming from diverse schools of criticism that are sometimes in conflict—the New Critics, the New York intellectuals, the myth critics and various distinguished critics of the modern theater." Though allied with the New Critics, Fergusson was intellectually capacious enough to be associated with many critical schools of vastly different persuasions. R.W.B. Lewis once remarked of this respected original that "his critical theories and practices possess a severely beautiful purity." Sallies of the Mind is a collection of Fergusson's essays drawn from a variety of virtually unattainable works. It incorporates Fergusson's representative criticism on such major authors as Dante, Shakespeare, James, and Eliot; on myths as well as action; on the modern stage; and on the modern novel. Essays in this collection include: "T.S. Eliot and His Impersonal Theory of Art" "Humanism" "Maritain's Creative Intuition" "Two Perspectives on European Literature" "Two Acts from Dante's Drama of the Mind" "The Divine Comedy as a Bridge across Time" "Hamlet" "Measure for Measure" "Eugene O'Neill" "Exiles and Ibsen's Work" "Oedipus According to Freud, Sophocles, and Freud" "The Theater of Paul Valery" "D.H. Lawrence's Sensibility" and "The Drama in The Golden Bowl." Francis Fergusson's criticism endures not only owing to its originality, depth, and range but also to its classically austere clarity of style. Looking at the present-day critical scene, we see few who match Fergusson's intelligence, learning, and verve. Sallies of the Mind is a tribute to his legacy as well as to the themes he treats. |
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... of Fergusson's essays previously published in various sources. ISBN 1-56000-312-X (alk. paper) 1. Criticism. I. McCormick, John. II. Core, George. III. Title PN81.F46 1997 809—dc21 97-10247 CIP ISBN 13: 978-1-56000-312-0 (hbk)
... essays that focus upon the modern theater are nearly as impressive as his writing on Aristotle, Dante, and Shakespeare, and he is among the most astute critics of Henry James from Percy Lubbock to R.P. Blackmur and Philip Rahv and ...
... essay in criticism. One of the most remarkable aspects of Fergusson's criticism is that it stands comfortably, at ease, with the best work springing from diverse schools of criticism that are sometimes in conflict: I refer to the New ...
... essays from the early 1930s to the mid-1970s. Today only The Idea of a Theater and Dante's Drama of the Mind remain in ... essay, what Dr. Johnson called a sally of the mind. We are also including work not previously collected by the ...
... essays and reviews included in Sallies of the Mind and to the later Peggy Kaiser Fergusson for her help and support and especially for the line drawing of Mr. Fergusson included in this book. Various items here first appeared in ...
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Two Perspectives on European Literature 1954 | |
Two Acts from Dantes Drama of the Mind 1951 | |
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The Divine Comedy as a Bridge across Time 1965 | |
The Analogy of Action 1940 | |
Purgatorio 16 and Measure for Measure 1951 | |
T S Eliots Poetry and Drama 1952 | |
On the Edge of Broadway 1954 | |
The Theater of Paul Valéry 1960 | |
Oedipus According to Freud Sophocles and Cocteau 1975 | |
H Lawrences Sensibility 1933 | |
The Drama in The Golden Bowl 1934 | |
Three Novels 1954 | |
Myth and the Literary Scruple 1956 | |
Poetry as Evidence of Things Not Seen 1973 | |
Eugene ONeill 1930 | |
Exiles and Ibsens Work 1932 | |
The Notion of Action 1964 | |
Index | |