ENGLISH

Love’s Shadow

By Paul A. Bove

Book information

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
2021
ISBN
9780674247635
DOI
10.4159/9780674247635
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6487465 bytes)
Pages
448\456
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-22 06:34:53

Description

It is no wonder literary criticism is so sullen. It is too philosophical, too much indebted to the dour Walter Benjamin, wedded to aestheticized helplessness. Lit crit needs new inspirations: the sober cheer of Wallace Stevens; the loving eye of Rembrandt; romance, melodrama, and wit. Let there be more poetry, Paul Bové says, and less cynicism.

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