Obbligati: Essays in CriticismAtheneum, 1986 - 330 Seiten "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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... least by references to " the blessed " and " the life to come , " with a particularly worldly sensuality . And in this it resembles a good deal of Italian baroque and mannerist art . Both that art and this poem envision an ...
... least by references to " the blessed " and " the life to come , " with a particularly worldly sensuality . And in this it resembles a good deal of Italian baroque and mannerist art . Both that art and this poem envision an ...
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... least the athletic and artistic com- petitions , and even wars , are seen as mere games . And since the crown is spare and symbolic , “ some single herb , ” it cannot afford the ample comfort of cool shade one would want after so much ...
... least the athletic and artistic com- petitions , and even wars , are seen as mere games . And since the crown is spare and symbolic , “ some single herb , ” it cannot afford the ample comfort of cool shade one would want after so much ...
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... least . I could not have been more astonished by his response . He regarded Lowell's whole tor- tured history of crack - ups as pure self - indulgence , and un- deserving of any sympathy . It took me many years to come to even a partial ...
... least . I could not have been more astonished by his response . He regarded Lowell's whole tor- tured history of crack - ups as pure self - indulgence , and un- deserving of any sympathy . It took me many years to come to even a partial ...
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The Pathetic Fallacy | 3 |
On W H Audens In Praise of Limestone | 27 |
Othello | 51 |
Urheberrecht | |
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