Literary Awakenings
Ronald Koury (Ed.)
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Description for Literary Awakenings
Paperback. Editor(s): Koury, Ronald. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: B; DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
During the past thirty years, the editors of the Hudson Review have observed a trend among some of the best literary essayists and reviewers to situate their criticism in a deeply personal manner as opposed to the theoretical, technocratic work being produced in many literary and academic publications. Over time, the Hudson Review became a home for this kind of accessible, memoirist writing. Literary Awakenings collects eighteen essays published over the last three decades that celebrate the writer’s relationship with literature, one that is deeply shaped by experience and remembrance.
br>The essays gathered here recall disparate awakenings to the influence ... Read more
During the past thirty years, the editors of the Hudson Review have observed a trend among some of the best literary essayists and reviewers to situate their criticism in a deeply personal manner as opposed to the theoretical, technocratic work being produced in many literary and academic publications. Over time, the Hudson Review became a home for this kind of accessible, memoirist writing. Literary Awakenings collects eighteen essays published over the last three decades that celebrate the writer’s relationship with literature, one that is deeply shaped by experience and remembrance.
br>The essays gathered here recall disparate awakenings to the influence ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815610786
SKU
V9780815610786
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About Ronald Koury (Ed.)
Ronald Koury has been managing editor of the Hudson Review since 1985.
Reviews for Literary Awakenings
“The collection makes a strong case for the centrality of reading to human life . . . to argue for literature’s importance in an increasingly post-literate age.” —Jeff Porter, associate professor of English, University of Iowa