The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh - A Critical Study

Klappentext A mature scholar and established literary critic! PatrickGrant is professor emeritus of English at the University ofVictoria. He is the author of Imperfection (nominated for the CanadaPrize)! Literature! Rhetoric! and Violence in Northern Ireland! andPersonalism and the Politics of Culture among other works. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction: Letters as Literature Part I   Vincent Agonistes: Religion, Morality, Art Religious Convictions, Moral Imperatives The Artistic Life and Its Limits Part II  Thinking in Images            Birds¿ Nests: Art and Nature, Exile and Return            The Mistral: Creativity and Adversity            Cab Horses: Despair and Optimism   Part III Exploring with Ideas            By Heart: The Creative Unconscious             AHandshake Till Your Fingers Hurt: Autonomy and Dependency            Something New Without a Name: Beyond Religion, Morality, Art   Conclusion: ¿My Own Portrait in Writing¿ Notes Index

Product details

• Authors: Patrick Grant
• Publisher: External catalogues_US
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 22
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.12.2014
• EAN: 9781927356746
• ISBN: 978-1-927356-74-6
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 230 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Cultural Dialectics; Cultural Dialectics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Europa, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, Anthologien (nicht Lyrik), ART / History / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, Literature - Classics / Criticism, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / European / General