Power to Hurt: The Virtues of AlienationUniversity of Illinois Press, 1998 - 243 páginas William Monroe addresses what William J. Bennett ignores in The Book of Virtues: How do readers use literature as "equipment for living"? Tackling modernism and postmodernism, Monroe outlines "virtue criticism," an alternative to current theory. Focusing on works by T. S. Eliot, Vladimir Nabokov, and Donald Barthelme, he demonstrates that these alienistic texts are not just filled with belligerence but are also endowed with virtues, such as trust and the promise of solidarity with the reader. By considering these vital texts as responses to personal situations and institutional practices, Monroe brings literature back to the common reader and shows how it offers functional responses to the dysfunctional situations of modern life. Readers interested in literary criticism, American culture, and the relationship between ethics and literature will be fascinated by virtue criticism and this fresh look at the virtues and vices of alienation. Chosen as a Choice Magazine's Outstanding Academic Book for 1999. |
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... calls them " the cold people . " In the poem they are " as stone , " calculating the costs of their limited affiliations and resisting commitments to people and things . From sonnets such as 20 , 25 , 139 , 144 , and 152 , we learn that ...
... calls them " the cold people . " In the poem they are " as stone , " calculating the costs of their limited affiliations and resisting commitments to people and things . From sonnets such as 20 , 25 , 139 , 144 , and 152 , we learn that ...
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... calls " love's knowledge " - best cultivated ? Through encounters with constancy or spontaneity ? Warm and ready familiarity or cool detachment ? Of- ten it is a self - sequestered woman who helps us recognize and really feel the high ...
... calls " love's knowledge " - best cultivated ? Through encounters with constancy or spontaneity ? Warm and ready familiarity or cool detachment ? Of- ten it is a self - sequestered woman who helps us recognize and really feel the high ...
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... calls the violence without ? " Performances of Alienation , " then , is an attempt to bring to performance ( by reading " coductively " ) " certain literary works that have the power to make alterity lovely . T. S. Eliot , Vladimir ...
... calls the violence without ? " Performances of Alienation , " then , is an attempt to bring to performance ( by reading " coductively " ) " certain literary works that have the power to make alterity lovely . T. S. Eliot , Vladimir ...
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... calls the desire to be elsewhere . 10 Though the reasons may be vague , the conviction is clear and sharp : the here - and - now is not good enough . At its most subversive , the call of alienation emanates from a transcendent realm ...
... calls the desire to be elsewhere . 10 Though the reasons may be vague , the conviction is clear and sharp : the here - and - now is not good enough . At its most subversive , the call of alienation emanates from a transcendent realm ...
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... four ver- bal elements alone , a number he calls " amusingly too great . " The poem frus- trates the critic bent on neatly capturing it , as well as Mr. W. H. , the patron expecting a handy packet of advice . Empson's image for PROLOGUE 7.
... four ver- bal elements alone , a number he calls " amusingly too great . " The poem frus- trates the critic bent on neatly capturing it , as well as Mr. W. H. , the patron expecting a handy packet of advice . Empson's image for PROLOGUE 7.
Índice
VIRTUE CRITICISM | 13 |
A Performance Paradigm 22 | 22 |
Reading Empathy Alienation 38 | 38 |
Virtue Criticism as Cultural Criticism 50 | 50 |
Necessary Troublemakers 61 | 61 |
Heavens Graces Gnostic Strategies 78 | 78 |
Sweetest Things Aesthetic Strategies 88 | 88 |
Natures Riches Parabolic Strategies 101 | 101 |
Reluctant Performers 119 | 119 |
Others but Stewards T S Eliots Gnostic Impulse 134 | 134 |
Lords and Owners Vladimir Nabokovs Sequestered Imagination 155 | 155 |
The Basest Weed Donald Barthelmes Parabolic Fairy Tale 176 | 176 |
LiliesThat Fester 195 | 195 |
NotKnowing 215 | 215 |
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Página 1 - They that have power to hurt and will do none, That do not do the thing they most do show, Who, moving others, are themselves as stone. Unmoved, cold, and to temptation slow. They rightly do inherit heaven's graces And husband nature's riches from expense-, They are the lords and owners of their faces. Others but stewards of their excellence.
Página 1 - For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds ; Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds.