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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第 1 到 3 筆結果，共 26 筆
第 37 頁
... speaks is that of the " granite wastes , " unyielding , in- human , and unpitying . The voice of the Second Temptation is malleable , clays and gravels , something that can be pushed around and improved . It speaks , both in the Bible ...
... speaks is that of the " granite wastes , " unyielding , in- human , and unpitying . The voice of the Second Temptation is malleable , clays and gravels , something that can be pushed around and improved . It speaks , both in the Bible ...
第 72 頁
... speaks to anyone else in the play . It should also be noted that Othello , now well advanced in the tragic process of disintegration , here speaks of himself for the first time in the third person , as if he stood apart from himself and ...
... speaks to anyone else in the play . It should also be noted that Othello , now well advanced in the tragic process of disintegration , here speaks of himself for the first time in the third person , as if he stood apart from himself and ...
第 143 頁
... speaks of his " love " for Bassanio , and others , including Portia , speak of it ; it is in several ways exhibited , by risk of life and the loan of money . The two speeches by Salerio and Solanio that conclude Act II , scene viii ...
... speaks of his " love " for Bassanio , and others , including Portia , speak of it ; it is in several ways exhibited , by risk of life and the loan of money . The two speeches by Salerio and Solanio that conclude Act II , scene viii ...
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