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Cover Page; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; The Champollion of Table Manners; What Are Those Monkeys Doing?; Transcendental Satyr; Montaigne; Herondas; Ariadne's Dancing Floor; The Smith of Smiths; The Artist as Critic; The Scholar as Critic; The Critic as Artist; Balthus; Nabokov's Don Quixote; In That Awful Civil War; More Genteel than God; The Peales and Their Museum; Pergolesi's Dog; Late Beckett; Every Force Evolves a Form; Making It Uglier to the Airport; Imaginary Americas; About the Author; Copyright Page.;Guy Davenport demonstrates his unparalleled critical vision as he interprets art, literature, and culture In this collection of 20 essays, Guy Davenport applies his insightful gaze and critical wisdom to topics including modern art and the effects of the automobile on contemporary society. His work ranges from "What Are Those Monkeys Doing'" in which he links the paintings of Rousseau to the writings of Rimbaud and Flaubert, to "Imaginary Americas," a survey of the different roles America has filled in the imagination of Europeans. Davenport, 1 of the foremost American critics and intellectuals of the 20th century, brings his piercing intellect, encyclopedic r

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Author
Davenport, Guy;
Publisher
Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
Published
2015
Language
EN
ISBN
9781504019637
Category
philosophy
Subjects
Literary Criticism, Literary Collections, Literary Fiction
Rating
4.47 / 5 (1 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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