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Our finest essayists discuss six centuries of literary genius. "Genius is one of those words upon which the world has agreed to form no clear consensus," Joseph Epstein tells us in his introduction. How then shall we define "literary genius"? In this collection, twenty-five contemporary authors endeavor to answer that question by considering twenty-five classic writers and their enduring works. We learn that, more important than mere originality or creativity, it is the ability to make us experience the world in new ways that sets these writers apart. "My task," Joseph Conrad wrote, "is by the power of the written word to make you hear, to make you feelit is above all to make you see. Thatand no more, and it is everything." Wood-engraved portraits and illustrations by renowned artist Barry Moser accompany each essay. Contents: 1. Tom Shippey on Geoffrey Chaucer 2. Lois Potter on William Shakespeare 3. Reynolds Price on John Milton 4. Anthony Hecht on Alexander Pope 5. David Bromwich on Samuel Johnson 6. David Womersley on Edward Gibbon 7. Dan Jacobson on William Wordsworth 8. Hilary Mantel on Jane Austen 9. Frederick Raphael on William Hazlitt 10. Evan Boland on John Keats 11. Dani

Author

selected & edited by Joseph Epstein; with wood engravings by Barry Moser

Publisher

Paul Dry Books, Incorporated

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781589880399

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Memoir, Biography

Rating

3.88 / 5 (23 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13