Lyric humanity from Virgil to Flaubert:

From the Georgics of Virgil to Flaubert's landscapes of happiness, Ullrich Langer argues that lyric representation holds a particular power to address our humanity. Ranging across a vast chronology, the book investigates how such poetry and prose activates our capacities for empathy, equity, ir...

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Beteilige Person: Langer, Ullrich 1954- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2023
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009225236
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009225236
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009225236
Zusammenfassung:From the Georgics of Virgil to Flaubert's landscapes of happiness, Ullrich Langer argues that lyric representation holds a particular power to address our humanity. Ranging across a vast chronology, the book investigates how such poetry and prose activates our capacities for empathy, equity, irony and reasoning, while educating us in pleasure and helping us comprehend death. Each chapter constitutes a fresh encounter with some of the most celebrated texts of European literary history, demonstrating how the lyrical works, and what it elicits in us. Through deft rhetorical and philological analysis, the study presents the value of literary studies for both ethical purposes and aesthetic ends
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Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 214 Seiten)
ISBN:9781009225236
DOI:10.1017/9781009225236