Lyric Humanity from Virgil to Flaubert
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- Author: Ullrich Langer, University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Date Published: February 2023
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- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781009225250
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From the Georgics of Virgil to Flaubert's landscapes of happiness, Ullrich Langer argues that lyric representation holds a particular power to address our humanity. Ranging across a vast chronology, the book investigates how such poetry and prose activates our capacities for empathy, equity, irony and reasoning, while educating us in pleasure and helping us comprehend death. Each chapter constitutes a fresh encounter with some of the most celebrated texts of European literary history, demonstrating how the lyrical works, and what it elicits in us. Through deft rhetorical and philological analysis, the study presents the value of literary studies for both ethical purposes and aesthetic ends.
Read more- Covers a broad historical sweep of the working of lyric from classical to contemporary, offering criteria applicable to many other texts across a range of periods
- Uses close reading to reveal textual details addressing features of our humanity, promoting awareness of the value of literary studies for ethical purposes
- Encourages and justifies aesthetic appreciation of literature, helping readers to develop a keener sensitivity to literary quality
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- Date Published: February 2023
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781009225250
- length: 300 pages
- dimensions: 236 x 156 x 16 mm
- weight: 0.48kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Orpheus in Virgil, Ovid, Seneca: three variations on lyric humanity
2. Marot's repeated making and unmaking of death
3. Time, pleasure, and reasoning: Ronsard's Mignonne, Madame de Lafayette's letter, and Baudelaire's passer-by
4. Flaubert's lyric happiness (L'Éducation sentimentale, Un Cœur simple) 5. Lyrical recovery and return to the ordinary: Rouaud and Echenoz
Conclusion.
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