The Demon and the Angel (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Edward Hirsch
- First Published: 2002
- Type of Work: Fine arts and literary criticism
- Time of Work: The nineteenth and twentieth centuries
- Principal Characters: Federico García Lorca, Rainer Maria Rilke, Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction, Arts
- Subjects: Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Nineteenth century, Literature, Art or artists, Poetry or poets, Death or dying, Painting or painters, Spain or Spanish people, Angels
“This book essays praise for artistic inspiration, for the dark dictations and struggles that get embodied in works of art. It is a hymn to the irrational triumphs of art, to romantic imagination.” With these sentences, the author, Edward Hirsch, summarizes the purpose, content, approach, and presentation of this book, which explores facets of inspiration for artistic creation and expression. Although it is used as a verb in this context, the word “essays” is also descriptive of the book’s organization in a series of forty-two short essays. These essays, are, in fact, hymns...
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