Love's Shadow

by Paul A Bov� and Paul A. Bové

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A case for literary critics and other humanists to stop wallowing in their aestheticized helplessness and instead turn to poetry, comedy, and love.

Literary criticism is an agent of despair, and its poster child is Walter Benjamin. Critics have spent decades stewing in his melancholy. What if, instead, we dared to love poetry, to choose comedy over Hamlet's tragedy, or to pursue romance over Benjamin's suicide on the edge of France,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0674977157

ISBN13:9780674977150

Release Date:January 2021

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:464 Pages

Weight:1.80 lbs.

Dimensions:1.7" x 6.0" x 9.3"

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Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Philosophy

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