Selected Essays of R.P. Blackmur
Selected Essays of R.P. Blackmur

Author: Richard P. Blackmur

Publisher: New York : Ecco Press

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13: 9780880010832

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In the years since Blackmur's death in 1965, literary criticism has changed significantly. Partly in reaction to the 30-year sway of formalist New Criticism exemplified by Blackmur, John Crowe Ransom, and Allen Tate, it has become fashionable to embrace structuralist and poststructuralist literary theory in an affort to shift attention from the art object and the artist's voice to the cultural and linguistic systems or codes that govern discourse. In the process, Blackmur has become part of literary history, respected but unread. In this carefully edited selection of Blackmur's essays, Donoghue, a keen critic of modern writing, has rediscovered Blackmur's impressive independence and insight. ISBN 0-88001-083-5: $17.50.

Selected Essays of R.P. Blackmur
Selected Essays of R.P. Blackmur

Author: Richard P. Blackmur

Publisher:

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780880011037

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Examines the nature of literary criticism and analyzes the works of writers including E. E. Cummings, Henry James, Thomas Mann, and Emily Dickinson

Close Reading
Close Reading

Author: Frank Lentricchia

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 9780822330394

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DIVA reader intended for courses, presenting the continuity of close reading from New Criticism through poststructuralism./div

Studies in Henry James
Studies in Henry James

Author: Richard P. Blackmur

Publisher: New Directions Publishing

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9780811208635

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"A bibliographical note: Blackmur's essays on Henry James": p. 243-244. Includes index.

Reflections on Exile and Other Essays
Reflections on Exile and Other Essays

Author: Edward W. Said

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 664

ISBN-13: 9780674003026

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With their powerful blend of political and aesthetic concerns, Edward W. Said's writings have transformed the field of literary studies. This long-awaited collection of literary and cultural essays offers evidence of how much the fully engaged critical mind can contribute to the reservoir of value, thought, and action essential to our lives and culture.

The Art of the Novel
The Art of the Novel

Author: Henry James

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2011-06-15

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 0226392058

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This collection of prefaces, originally written for the 1909 multi-volume New York Edition of Henry James’s fiction, first appeared in book form in 1934 with an introduction by poet and critic R. P. Blackmur. In his prefaces, James tackles the great problems of fiction writing—character, plot, point of view, inspiration—and explains how he came to write novels such as The Portrait of a Lady and The American. As Blackmur puts it, “criticism has never been more ambitious, nor more useful.” The latest edition of this influential work includes a foreword by bestselling author Colm Tóibín, whose critically acclaimed novel The Master is told from the point of view of Henry James. As a guide not only to James’s inspiration and execution, but also to his frustrations and triumphs, this volume will be valuable both to students of James’s fiction and to aspiring writers.

The Art of Criticism
The Art of Criticism

Author: Henry James

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1986-06-15

Total Pages: 524

ISBN-13: 0226391973

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A collection of "the most important" of Henry James' Prefaces; "his studies of Hawthorne, George Eliot, Balzac, Zola, de Maupassant, Turgenev, Sainte-Beuve, and Arnold; and his essays on the function of criticism and the future of the novel."--P. [4] of cover.

Why Write?
Why Write?

Author: Mark Edmundson

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2016-08-30

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1632863065

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From one of America's great professors, author of Why Teach? and Why Read?--an inspiring exploration of the importance of writing well, for creators, educators, students, and anyone who writes. Why write when it sometimes feels that so few people really read--read as if their lives might be changed by what they're reading? Why write, when the world wants to be informed, not enlightened; to be entertained, not inspired? Writing is backbreaking, mindbreaking, lonely work. So why? Because writing, as celebrated professor Mark Edmundson explains, is one of the greatest human goods. Real writing can do what critic R. P. Blackmur said it could: add to the stock of available reality. Writing teaches us to think; it can bring our minds to birth. And once we're at home with words, there are few more pleasurable human activities than writing. Because this is something he believes everyone ought to know, Edmundson offers us Why Write?, essential reading--both practical and inspiring--for anyone who yearns to be a writer, anyone who simply needs to know how to get an idea across, and anyone in between--in short, everyone.