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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... virtue . Nor is there anything incompatible with what we are to take as his virtuous posture and the fact that he is a wealthy mer- chant . Throughout the Middle Ages and beyond it was fairly common for such a man as Antonio to join in ...
... virtue . Nor is there anything incompatible with what we are to take as his virtuous posture and the fact that he is a wealthy mer- chant . Throughout the Middle Ages and beyond it was fairly common for such a man as Antonio to join in ...
第 188 頁
... virtues of prodigality ; just as the most intimidating of the mottoes , the one on the most unattractive casket ... virtue or the motto of the leaden casket . And since all the legal authorities of Venice were nonplussed by the ...
... virtues of prodigality ; just as the most intimidating of the mottoes , the one on the most unattractive casket ... virtue or the motto of the leaden casket . And since all the legal authorities of Venice were nonplussed by the ...
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... virtue , and its per- fect existence is therefore effortless . The sweaty endeavors of men are doubly shameful in being , even at their best , conscious attempts at different sorts of virtue , and in appropriating the innocence of ...
... virtue , and its per- fect existence is therefore effortless . The sweaty endeavors of men are doubly shameful in being , even at their best , conscious attempts at different sorts of virtue , and in appropriating the innocence of ...
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