The Demon and the Angel: Searching for the Source of Artistic Inspiration - Rilegato

Hirsch, Edward

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ISBN 10: 0151005389 ISBN 13: 9780151005383

Casa editrice: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2002

Riassunto

In a groundbreaking exploration of the sources and mysteries of artistic creativity, the author of How to Read a Poem examines the concept of "duende," the potent power of creativity that results in a work of art, as he looks art how different artists--including Paul Klee, T. S. Eliot, Herman Melville, William Blake, Ella Fitzgerald, and Sylvia Plath--respond to the creative impulse. 25,000 first printing.

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PRAISE FOR HOW TO READ A POEM

"Laudable . . . The answer Hirsch gives to the question of How to Read a Poem is: Ecstatically."--The Boston Book Review

"A lovely book, full of joy and wisdom."--The Baltimore Sun

"Hirsch takes us forcefully through his love of verse, with welcome technical asides and biographical detours along the way."--Publishers Weekly

"Hirsch, a truly gifted poet and scholar, brings the full heat of his literary passion to this enlightening and deeply moving journey into the heart of poetry."--Booklist

"Hirsch is so steeped in literature, painting, and music, and so voracious in his pursuit of the revelations art delivers, that he's able to articulate the seemingly ineffable through brillant critical analyses and empathic insights into artists' lives....[a] unique, exhilarating, and virtuosic performance." - Booklist

L'autore:

Edward Hirsch is the author of five books of poetry, as well as the acclaimed How to Read a Poem. A frequent contributor to leading magazines and periodicals, including the New Yorker, DoubleTake, and American Poetry Review, he has received the Prix de Rome, a Guggenheim Fellowship, an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award for Literature, a MacArthur Fellowship, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. He teaches at the University of Houston.

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• Editore: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0151005389
• ISBN 13: 9780151005383
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 321