Selected Essays (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
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- Author: John Berger
- First Published: 2001
- Type of Work: Essays and fine arts
- Genres: Nonfiction, Essays, Arts
- Subjects: Politics, Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Art or artists, Twenty-first century, Poetry or poets, England or English people, Property, Great Britain, Activism
In an essay on the sculptor Jacques Lipchitz, written in 1959 when John Berger was at the beginning of the writing life which would result in the production of memorable novels, short stories, screenplays, and striking art criticism, he declared that a serious critic should concern himself with “the art of the last and the next forty years,” the minimum time span for any truly significant alterations in human consciousness to occur. The long range of this prospect indicated the ambitions of a vigorously intellectual person blessed with enduring energy, a steady moral compass, and a...
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