Mortification - Writers' Stories of Their Public Shame

Humiliation is not, of course, unique to writers. However, the world of letters does seem to offer a near-perfect micro-climate for embarrassment and shame. There is something about the conjunction of high-mindedness and low income that is inherently comic; something about the very idea of deeply private thoughts -- carefully worked and honed into art over the years -- being presented to a public audience of dubious strangers, that strays perilously close to tragedy. These seventy contributions prove it is possible to reverse Auden''s dictum: that art is born out of humiliation.

Product details

• Authors: Robin Robertson, Robin (EDT) Robertson
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.04.2005
• EAN: 9780060750923
• ISBN: 978-0-06-075092-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; FICTION: Literary, HISTORY: Social History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, HUMOR: Form / Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Women Authors, SELF-HELP: Personal Growth / Self-Esteem, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Anthropology / Cultural & Social