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This Craft of Verse (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures)
by Borges, Jorge Luis
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- ISBN 10
- 0674008200
- ISBN 13
- 9780674008205
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Harvard University Press. New. Special order direct from the distributor
Synopsis
**From Library Journal:** For Borges (1899-1986), the central fact of life was the existence of words and their potential as building blocks of poetry. In this series of six long-forgotten lectures given at Harvard more than 30 years ago, he insists that reading (in English, primarily) gave him more pleasure than writing. Most of his examples are taken from English-speaking writers, such as Shakespeare, Keats, Byron, Whitman, and Frost. Borges developed a passion for the study of Old English, with its abundant metaphors, harsh beauty, and deep feeling (though not, he admits, for its deep thought). He dislikes the history of literature, which he feels demeans individual works, and he is generally wistful for a future when we are no longer overburdened by history. He champions the primacy of storytelling and prefers the epic to the novel, which he finds "padded." He also argues that one of the great poverties of our time is that we no longer believe in happiness and success and that happy endings seem commercial or staged. Some of his ideas are quirky, but it's still a privilege to have access to one of the most distinctive literary voices of the century. - Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- Bookseller
- Russell Books Ltd
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ING9780674008205
- Title
- This Craft of Verse (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures)
- Author
- Borges, Jorge Luis
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 76
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0674008200
- ISBN 13
- 9780674008205
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cumbreland, Rhode Island, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- March 30, 2002
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Russell Books Ltd
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