Obbligati: Essays in CriticismAtheneum, 1986 - 330 頁 "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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... oath to heaven in regard to it . The solemnity with which he takes that oath is the more awful in that it respects one of the Ten Commandments . And it is the more devout in its conspicuous contrast to virtually all the other oaths in ...
... oath to heaven in regard to it . The solemnity with which he takes that oath is the more awful in that it respects one of the Ten Commandments . And it is the more devout in its conspicuous contrast to virtually all the other oaths in ...
第 192 頁
... oath , while all the rest do so with abandon - even the Duke himself , that awesome figure who seems to represent the very " law " itself , since he presides at the trial and is the chief officer of the state . Impetuously he orders ...
... oath , while all the rest do so with abandon - even the Duke himself , that awesome figure who seems to represent the very " law " itself , since he presides at the trial and is the chief officer of the state . Impetuously he orders ...
第 195 頁
... oaths , and the mock - horror at the discovery of the gift of the rings , and the mock - threats of retaliation in kind . But all this is pre- liminary to forgiveness ; and the two women know that the oaths were broken in behalf of a ...
... oaths , and the mock - horror at the discovery of the gift of the rings , and the mock - threats of retaliation in kind . But all this is pre- liminary to forgiveness ; and the two women know that the oaths were broken in behalf of a ...
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