"What think you of falling in love?" The will to destruction as the basis of allegory -- A Socratic interlude -- Wallace Stevens and the confidence of imagination -- Adorno -- An interchapter -- The auroras of autumn -- Rembrandt, Bathsheba, and the textures of art -- "What think you of falling in love?"
Summary:
"It is no wonder literary criticism is so sullen. It is too philosophical, too much indebted to the dour Walter Benjamin, wedded to aestheticized helplessness. Criticism needs new inspirations: the sober cheer of Wallace Stevens; the loving eye of Rembrandt; romance, melodrama, and wit. Let there be more poetry, Paul Bové says, and less cynicism"-- Provided by publisher.
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