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Willard Spiegelman

Autor(a) de Seven Pleasures: Essays on Ordinary Happiness

50+ Works 265 Membros 7 Reviews

About the Author

Willard Spiegelman is Hughes Professor of English at Southern Methodist University and Editor-in-Chief of The Southwest Review.

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Obras de Willard Spiegelman

Wordsworth's heroes (1985) 2 cópias
Southwest Review (90:2) 1 exemplar(es)
Keats and Eros 1 exemplar(es)
Southwest Review (90:1) 1 exemplar(es)
Keats and Ambition 1 exemplar(es)
Southwest Review (90:3) 1 exemplar(es)
Shelley and Love 1 exemplar(es)
Shelley and History 1 exemplar(es)
The Byronic Hero 1 exemplar(es)
Women Romantic Poets 1 exemplar(es)
How Poets See the World 1 exemplar(es)
Southwest Review (73:2) 1 exemplar(es)
Romantic Beginnings 1 exemplar(es)

Associated Works

Adrienne Rich's Poetry and Prose [Norton Critical Edition] (1993) — Contribuinte — 318 cópias

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Conhecimento Comum

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Resenhas

I only listened to the first twelve lectures, I believe there are more. The lectures were interesting, but unfortunately hard to retain. For some reason I did not like the lecturer's voice.
 
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themulhern | Oct 20, 2023 |
"Reading -- I am tempted to call it 'the best reading' -- is endangered now not only because our culture has become visual and obsessed with images, but also, and more dangerously, because the culture has become a mass one. The most popular activities are performed in groups -- music, sports, spectacular public entertainment, whereas the best readers are idiosyncratic solitaries. We have to much noise, especially when we least desire it. At the theater, at a concert, or at the movies, people behave as though they are still in their living rooms, sharing opinions that no one else wants to hear, whether loudly or quietly doesn't matter. To sit still in one place, especially in the presence of others, is a dying or at least an endangered custom. So where does this leave poor reading? Sitting alone, in quiet, in one's room: how many have the capacity to do that? Maybe very few ever have; perhaps 'the best reading' has always been the professor's chimerical dream" (53).… (mais)
 
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resoundingjoy | 1 outra resenha | Jan 1, 2021 |
Well done and informative for those with some knowledge of the Romantic poets. For those without the benefit of being familiar, pre-read the discussed poems. The explanations are detailed and well done. A nice refresher for those who enjoy the period's poetry.
 
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evil_cyclist | 1 outra resenha | Mar 16, 2020 |
.This book is a collection of 45 essays selected from Mr. Spiegelman's writings that appeared in The Wall Street Journal for the past three decades/
 
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Elleneer | Apr 24, 2018 |

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Obras
50
Also by
1
Membros
265
Popularidade
#86,991
Avaliação
3.8
Resenhas
7
ISBNs
40

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