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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... Performances , Virtues 13 2 A Performance Paradigm 22 3 Reading , Empathy , Alienation 38 4 Virtue Criticism as Cultural Criticism 50 PART 2 : STRATEGIES OF ALIENATION 5 Necessary Troublemakers 61 Contents 6 " Heaven's Graces ...
... Performances , Virtues 13 2 A Performance Paradigm 22 3 Reading , Empathy , Alienation 38 4 Virtue Criticism as Cultural Criticism 50 PART 2 : STRATEGIES OF ALIENATION 5 Necessary Troublemakers 61 Contents 6 " Heaven's Graces ...
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... NEH Institute at the University of Iowa , provided an invigorating forum where notions about performance could be tested and revised . Especially helpful there were Thomas Lutz , Barbara Biesecker , Michael McGee , X ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
... NEH Institute at the University of Iowa , provided an invigorating forum where notions about performance could be tested and revised . Especially helpful there were Thomas Lutz , Barbara Biesecker , Michael McGee , X ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
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... performance and provided generous encouragement on writing and directing . Other friends and colleagues who have provided support and direction at various times , from graduate school to the present , include Todd Weir , Seth Lehrer ...
... performance and provided generous encouragement on writing and directing . Other friends and colleagues who have provided support and direction at various times , from graduate school to the present , include Todd Weir , Seth Lehrer ...
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... far worse than weeds.1 Shakespeare's sonnet 94 evaluates the wounds of alienation and performance . The poem can be read as a meditation on the " touching " that occurs when virtues are enacted and exchanged . " They that have.
... far worse than weeds.1 Shakespeare's sonnet 94 evaluates the wounds of alienation and performance . The poem can be read as a meditation on the " touching " that occurs when virtues are enacted and exchanged . " They that have.
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... 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 Nabokov , and Donald Barthelme are ...
... 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 Nabokov , and Donald Barthelme are ...
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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.