A Defense of Ardor: Essays [1st American paperback ed] 9780374529888, 0374529884, 9781466884236

Ardor, inspiration, the soul, the sublime: Such terms have long since fallen from favor among critics and artists alike.

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A Defense of Ardor: Essays [1st American paperback ed]
 9780374529888, 0374529884, 9781466884236

Table of contents :
A defense of ardor --
The shabby and the sublime --
Nietzsche in Krakow --
Toil and flame --
Beginning to remember --
Reason and roses --
Against poetry --
Poetry and doubt --
Vacation's end --
Should we visit sacred places? --
Intellectual Krakow --
Gray Paris --
Young poets, please read everything --
Writing in Polish.

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