Living in language : the literary word at work in the world /

In Living in Language, David Bosworth makes a compelling case for the power and relevance of the literary imagination throughout history. In a series of essays both lyrical and analytical, he examines how certain works have engaged the most pressing problems of their authors' ages even as they...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bosworth, David, 1947- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Eugene, Oregon : Front Porch Republic Books, an imprint of Wipf & Stock Publishers [2024].
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Table of Contents:
  • Living in langauge : a reply
  • Mythos-minded thinking
  • The most precious square of sense : in praise of Shakespeare's 'politics'
  • Saving the appearances : John Ford's rescripting of the American mythos
  • Two sides of a tortoise : on Herman Melville and Charles Dickens
  • In the beginning : Adam and Eve reconsidered
  • A prescription for contemporary fiction : Including a sermonette on aesthetics, a psalm to the senses, and an ethical sucker punch (to arrive disguised by a political joke)
  • Real and fake accounts : fiction in the age of the Internet
  • Toward a literature of awe :
  • Phoenix? : an inquiry into the art of uncertainty.