Critics, Monsters, Fanatics, and Other Literary Essays - 9780544703711
Un libro in lingua di Cynthia Ozick edito da Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016
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In a collection that includes new essays written explicitly for this volume, one of our sharpest and most influential critics confronts the past, present, and future of literary culture.
If every outlet for book criticism suddenly disappeared — if all we had were reviews that treated books like any other commodity — could the novel survive? In a gauntlet-throwing essay at the start of this brilliant assemblage, Cynthia Ozick stakes the claim that, just as surely as critics require a steady supply of new fiction, novelists need great critics to build a vibrant community on the foundation of literary history. For decades, Ozick herself has been one of our great critics, as these essays so clearly display. She offers models of critical analysis of writers from the mid-twentieth century to today, from Saul Bellow, Bernard Malamud, and Kafka, to William Gass and Martin Amis, all assembled in provocatively named groups: Fanatics, Monsters, Figures, and others. Uncompromising and brimming with insight, these essays are essential reading for anyone facing the future of literature in the digital age.
If every outlet for book criticism suddenly disappeared — if all we had were reviews that treated books like any other commodity — could the novel survive? In a gauntlet-throwing essay at the start of this brilliant assemblage, Cynthia Ozick stakes the claim that, just as surely as critics require a steady supply of new fiction, novelists need great critics to build a vibrant community on the foundation of literary history. For decades, Ozick herself has been one of our great critics, as these essays so clearly display. She offers models of critical analysis of writers from the mid-twentieth century to today, from Saul Bellow, Bernard Malamud, and Kafka, to William Gass and Martin Amis, all assembled in provocatively named groups: Fanatics, Monsters, Figures, and others. Uncompromising and brimming with insight, these essays are essential reading for anyone facing the future of literature in the digital age.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Critics, Monsters, Fanatics, and Other Literary Essays
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Cynthia Ozick
- Editore: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Collana: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 05 Luglio '16
- Genere: LITERARY CRITICISM
- Argomenti : Criticism LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading. bisacs LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General. bisacs
- Pagine: 211
- Dimensioni mm: 215 x 146 x 19
- ISBN-10: 0544703715
- EAN-13: 9780544703711