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A defense of ardor : essays / Adam Zagajewski ; translated from the Polish by Clare Cavanagh

By:

Zagajewski, Adam, , 1945-

Contributor(s):

Cavanagh, Clare

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 2004Description: 198 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780374136307

Subject(s):

Essays

DDC classification:

891.8 ZAG

LOC classification:

PG7185.A32 O2413 2004

Contents:

A defense of ardor -- The shabby and the sublime -- Nietzsche in Krakow -- Toil and flame -- Beginning to remember -- Reason and roses -- Against poetry -- Poetry and doubt -- Vacation's end -- Should we visit sacred places? -- Intellectual Krakow -- Gray Paris -- Young poets, please read everything -- Writing in Polish

Summary: Ardor, inspiration, the soul, the sublime: Such terms have long since fallen from favor among critics and artists alike. In his new collection of essays, Zagajewski continues his efforts to reclaim for art not just the terms but the scanted spiritual dimension of modern human existence that they describe.

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Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	891.8 ZAG (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		004362

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Ardor, inspiration, the soul, the sublime: Such terms have long since fallen from favor among critics and artists alike. In his new collection of essays, Zagajewski continues his efforts to reclaim for art not just the terms but the scanted spiritual dimension of modern human existence that they describe.

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