The Limits of Art: A Critic's Anthology of Western LiteratureHuntington Cairns MJF Books, 1996 - 1473 pagine "The Limits of Art relies not on a single editor, but on a community of critics ranging across the centuries, many of them timeless authors themselves ... This community of great critics has returned again and again to certain touchstones in our literature: utterances that brush up against the unutterable; words that "touch the limits of art." This renowned anthology gathers these touchstones, along with their nominations for inclusion--the words of the critics themselves"--Jacket |
Sommario
Andromache on Asty | 19 |
The Silence of Ajax | 25 |
Homeric Metaphors | 45 |
Sappho | 52 |
Macaulay | 60 |
The Sacrifice of Iphigenia | 75 |
The Chorus of the Furies | 82 |
The Ghost of Darius | 89 |
Athenas Faith | 98 |
22 | 542 |
Odysseus Mother Speaks | 1453 |
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