Obbligati: Essays in CriticismAtheneum, 1986 - 330 pagini "The proper role of criticism [is] as a musical obbligato; that is, a counterpart that must constantly strive to move in strict harmony with and intellectual counterpoint to its subject, and remain always subordinate to the text upon which it presumes to comment." With this declaration, Hecht sets forth the manifesto of this graceful group of essays, implicitly chiding today's academic critics who apply theories to texts. Hecht is particularly elegant and eloquent on contemporary American poetry, from the tension between truth and fiction in Robert Lowell's autobiographical lyrics to the "musicianship" of Richard Wilbur. Hecht's best essay evokes the unique poetic voice of Elizabeth Bishop, and he is equally perspicacious on Frost, Auden, and Dickinson. An extended essay on Marvell's "The Garden" and Keats' "Ode to a Nightingale" offers an unusual comparative reading that captures the energies and langours of both poems. This book offers literary essays of rare quality. The writing throughout is a model of form suiting function--the lucid exposition of well-chosen ideas. |
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... later it was alleged that he was the victim of ritual murder by Jews . The authorities seem not to have credited the story ; but the common people did , and William was venerated locally as a martyr . This is the first recorded ...
... later it was alleged that he was the victim of ritual murder by Jews . The authorities seem not to have credited the story ; but the common people did , and William was venerated locally as a martyr . This is the first recorded ...
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... later . There , in agonizing discourse with Tubal , Shylock declares , I would my daughter were dead at my foot , and the jewels in her ear : would she were hears'd at my foot , and the ducats in her coffin ! Since he is addressing a ...
... later . There , in agonizing discourse with Tubal , Shylock declares , I would my daughter were dead at my foot , and the jewels in her ear : would she were hears'd at my foot , and the ducats in her coffin ! Since he is addressing a ...
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... later . There is a patent irony in these bald facts which the scale of the building itself only emphasizes . It invites reflection on the monuments of many kinds by which human beings hope to recall themselves to the mind of posterity ...
... later . There is a patent irony in these bald facts which the scale of the building itself only emphasizes . It invites reflection on the monuments of many kinds by which human beings hope to recall themselves to the mind of posterity ...
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The Pathetic Fallacy | 3 |
On W H Audens In Praise of Limestone | 27 |
Othello | 51 |
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"Fallen from the Symboled World": Precedents for the New Formalism Wyatt Prunty Previzualizare limitată - 1990 |