David Bosworth 
Living in Language [EPUB ebook] 
The Literary Word at Work in the World

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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 illuminate challenges that still haunt the world. The topics addressed are rich and various: the evolutionary significance of metaphorical reasoning; how Hitler’s infatuation with an opera’s plot predicted the arc of his horrific reign, even as his victims employed the power of narrative to endure his crimes; the ways in which Melville’s late fiction foresaw the sources driving America’s current cultural crisis; and how, in probing his era’s political turmoil, Shakespeare’s plays supply clues to resolving the current era’s. From the spiritual quest of a musical prose to the cinematic craft of amending America’s foundational story; from the myth of the Fall to novels that probe the Internet’s impact on our lives today, Bosworth reveals how the literary imagination honors the ‘living’ prescribed by the human predicament, evoking its beauty while never stinting on its uncertainties, cruelties, and pain.

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A recipient of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize and the Editors’ Book Award, David Bosworth is the author of two books of fiction and numerous essays on cultural and ethical change in America. He teaches in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Washington in Seattle.Check out my interview with Boisi Center!

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Langue Anglais ● Format EPUB ● Pages 210 ● ISBN 9781666774511 ● Taille du fichier 0.7 MB ● Maison d’édition Wipf and Stock Publishers ● Lieu Eugene ● Pays US ● Publié 2024 ● Téléchargeable 24 mois ● Devise EUR ● ID 9924989 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM
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