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A Fine Silver Thread: Essays on American Writing and Criticism
James W. Tuttleton
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Description for A Fine Silver Thread: Essays on American Writing and Criticism
hardcover. A new collection of essays on American writing and criticism-about the difference between art and ideology, and how ideology has disfigured the work of some of our best writers. "Tuttleton is a critic whose judgments can be trusted."-James Seaton, Hudson Review. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 535.
In a time when the idea of literature has been dissolved by our academic critics into mere “discourse,” many readers seem unable to distinguish between art and ideology. “This book,” James Tuttleton writes, “is about the difference between the two and about the ways in which ideology has not merely entered the word of some of our best writers but even grossly disfigured it.” Mr. Tuttleton’s new collection of fifteen essays focuses on what Henry James called “the imaginative faculty under cultivation,” the quality that makes for important literature. The subjects here range from Washington Irving to Louis Auchincloss, with ... Read more
In a time when the idea of literature has been dissolved by our academic critics into mere “discourse,” many readers seem unable to distinguish between art and ideology. “This book,” James Tuttleton writes, “is about the difference between the two and about the ways in which ideology has not merely entered the word of some of our best writers but even grossly disfigured it.” Mr. Tuttleton’s new collection of fifteen essays focuses on what Henry James called “the imaginative faculty under cultivation,” the quality that makes for important literature. The subjects here range from Washington Irving to Louis Auchincloss, with ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Ivan R. Dee United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566631815
SKU
V9781566631815
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About James W. Tuttleton
James Tuttleton, who died in November 1998, was professor of English at New York University and author of Vital Signs (published by Ivan R. Dee) and of The Novel of Manners in America.
Reviews for A Fine Silver Thread: Essays on American Writing and Criticism
There are precious few literary critics who take a close look at the words, at the story, and give us some real sense of what American writers have written about America. James Tuttleton is one of these.
Katherine Knorr
International Herald Tribune
This reminds us of why we like to read, and why we read what we ... Read more
Katherine Knorr
International Herald Tribune
This reminds us of why we like to read, and why we read what we ... Read more