The Romantic Poetics of Ornament
Alexis Chema
The Romantic Poetics of Ornament
Alexis Chema
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A book on the experience of reading Shakespeare's 'dark plays' which 'often begin with lives falling apart: an event - shipwreck, exile, doubt, or unexpected love - derails what had seemed secure. Those who participate in the plays, as players, audience members, or readers, are invited to see in those events the vulnerability of their own lives.
A book on the experience of reading the works of Samuel Beckett that covers key topics including Beckett's treatment of human emotion, the importance of doubt and second thoughts, his performances as a self-conscious narrator, his vexed relationship with memory and autobiography, and writing as company.
The Rural Harlem Renaissance shows how African American rural culture shaped the work and reception of well-known Harlem Renaissance artists during the decade when America became a predominantly urban nation.
