by Allen Grossman (Author), Allen Grossman (Author)
In the spirit of Blake's vow of 'mental fight,' this work contends with challenges to the validity of the poetic imagination, from Adorno's maxim 'No poetry after Auschwitz,' to the claims of religious authority upon truth, and the ultimate challenge posed by the fact of death itself.
Format: Illustrated
Pages: 208
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 03 Jul 2009
ISBN 10: 0226309738
ISBN 13: 9780226309736