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The demon and the angel : searching for the source of artistic inspiration / Edward Hirsch.
Van Pelt Library BH301.C84 H57 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hirsch, Edward.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.).
- Creative ability.
- Inspiration.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 321 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harcourt, 2002.
- Summary:
- A passionate exploration of artistic creativity from the award-winning author of the national bestseller "How to Read a Poem." Hirsch explores the concept of "duende, " that mysterious power that results in a work of art.
- Contents:
- Only Mystery 1
- Invoking the Duende 3
- Poetic Fact 5
- A Mysterious Power 8
- The Hidden Spirit of Disconsolate Spain 13
- An Apprenticeship 19
- Between Eros and Thanatos 29
- The Majesty of the Incomprehensible 35
- A Spectacular Meteor 39
- Swooping In 45
- Ardent Struggle, Endless Vigil 49
- The Black Paintings 55
- The Intermediary 58
- Yeats's Daimon 65
- Ars Poetica? 72
- A Passionate Ingredient 76
- The Yearning Cry of a Shade 80
- I Sing You, Wild Chasm 85
- Night Work 91
- Vegetable Life, Airy Spirit 96
- A Person Must Control His Thoughts in a Dream 101
- The Angelic World 109
- The Story of Jacob's Wrestling with an Angel 118
- Concerning the Angels 126
- The Rilkean Angel 132
- Angel, Still Groping 141
- The New Angel 147
- Three American Angels 152
- Demon or Bird! 157
- Between Two Contending Forces 162
- The Sublime Is Now 166
- In the Painting 171
- Paint It Black 178
- Motherwell's Black 184
- Deaths and Entrances 191
- Ancient Music and Fresh Forms 196
- America Heard in Rhythm 202
- Hey, I'm American, So I Played It 207
- Fending Off the Duende 213
- The Existentialist Flatfoot Floogie 220
- Poet in New York 222
- Where Is the Angel? Where Is the Duende? 229.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2 have dustjacket retained.
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy 2 has Gotham Book Mart & Gallery Inc. bookmark laid in.
- ISBN:
- 0151005389
- OCLC:
- 49552457
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