Rocket and lightship : essays on literature and ideas
(Book)
Uniform Title
Author
Published
New York ; W. W. Norton & Company, [2015].
Edition
First Edition.
ISBN
9780393243468 (hardcover), 039324346X (hardcover), 0393243478, 9780393243475
Physical Desc
xi, 305 pages ; 22 cm
Status
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Concord - Adult | 814.6 Kirsch | Checked Out |
Dedham - Adult | 814.6 KIRSCH, A. | On Shelf |
Newton - Adult | 824 K63R 2015 | On Shelf |
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Published
New York ; W. W. Norton & Company, [2015].
Format
Book
Edition
First Edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780393243468 (hardcover), 039324346X (hardcover), 0393243478, 9780393243475
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
"A collection of essays from a "great poet-critic-intellectual" (Daily Beast). In these brilliant, wide-ranging essays, published over the last seven years in the New Republic, The New Yorker, and elsewhere, renowned American critic Adam Kirsch explores the intersection of literature with larger questions about ideas, history, and society. Kirsch has been described as "elegant and astute . . . [a] critic of the very first order" (Michiko Kakutani, New York Times). In Rocket and Lightship he examines the work and lives of writers past and present, from intellectuals Susan Sontag, Hannah Arendt, and Walter Benjamin to novelists including E. M. Forster, David Foster Wallace, and Zadie Smith. Kirsch quotes G. M. Hopkins: "Nor rescue, only rocket and lightship, shone." So, according to Kirsch, shines literature: as an unattainable speed, as a moving beacon. Taken together, the provocative and bold essays in Rocket and Lightship show how literature can illuminate questions of meaning, ethics, and politics, and how those questions shape the way we take pleasure in art" --,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Kirsch, A. (2015). Rocket and lightship: essays on literature and ideas (First Edition.). W. W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kirsch, Adam, 1976-. 2015. Rocket and Lightship: Essays On Literature and Ideas. W. W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kirsch, Adam, 1976-. Rocket and Lightship: Essays On Literature and Ideas W. W. Norton & Company, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Kirsch, Adam. Rocket and Lightship: Essays On Literature and Ideas First Edition., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015.
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