{"product_id":"on-the-laws-of-the-poetic-art-paperback","title":"On the Laws of the Poetic Art - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnthony Hecht\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA magisterial exploration of poetry's place in the fine arts by one of the twentieth century's leading poets\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this book, eminent poet Anthony Hecht explores the art of poetry and its relationship to the other fine arts. While the problems he treats entail both philosophic and theoretical discussion, he never allows abstract speculation to overshadow his delight in the written texts that he introduces, or in the specific examples of painting and music to which he refers. After discussing literature's links with painting and music, Hecht investigates the theme of paradise and wilderness, especially in Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest.\u003c\/i\u003e He then turns to the question of public and private art, exploring the ways in which all the arts participate in balances between private and public modes of discourse, and between an exclusive or elitist role and the openly political. Beginning with a discussion of architecture as an illustration of a more general theme of discord and balance, the penultimate lecture probes the inner contradictions of works of art and our reactions to them, while the final piece concerns art and morality.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnthony Hecht\u003c\/b\u003e (1923-2004) was the John H. Deane Professor of Poetry and Rhetoric at the University of Rochester, and taught at Georgetown, Harvard, and Yale Universities. His books of poems include \u003ci\u003eA Summoning of Stones\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMillions of Strange Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Venetian Vespers\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Hard Hours\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47408146612402,"sku":"9780691252810","price":50.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/bfdecbdec925364f0089c756514798ea.webp?v=1778236900","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/on-the-laws-of-the-poetic-art-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}