Obbligati: Essays in CriticismAtheneum, 1986 - 330 pàgines "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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Pàgina 109
... tion of the Magi , though I have no care to press that point . Still , the ominous quality of the final words is considerably amplified when the ultimate mystery of election is taken into account . We play at being God ; it is ...
... tion of the Magi , though I have no care to press that point . Still , the ominous quality of the final words is considerably amplified when the ultimate mystery of election is taken into account . We play at being God ; it is ...
Pàgina 187
... tion , is both nonsense and inoperable . And this is why the Jew " must " be merciful . From the moment Portia - Balthazar says , " Tarry a little ; there is something else " up to Shylock's com- plete capitulation , he is presented ...
... tion , is both nonsense and inoperable . And this is why the Jew " must " be merciful . From the moment Portia - Balthazar says , " Tarry a little ; there is something else " up to Shylock's com- plete capitulation , he is presented ...
Pàgina 251
... tion — to do so himself . And this , I think , explains the sudden- ness of the descent . The Keats poem hangs on a question of belief — first and foremost the poet's own belief — in the literal truth of what is being said . The ...
... tion — to do so himself . And this , I think , explains the sudden- ness of the descent . The Keats poem hangs on a question of belief — first and foremost the poet's own belief — in the literal truth of what is being said . The ...
Continguts
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 Previsualització limitada - 1990 |