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In the spirit of Lionel Trilling, Edmund Wilson, and Susan Sontag, the renowned literary critic Jeffrey Hart writes The Living Moment, a close reading of literature as it intersects with the political. Hart's book is an even-handed guide for anyone toddling into the mists of the modernist moment, effortlessly moving between such modernist monuments as Eliot's "The Waste Land," Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms, Mann's Doctor Faustus, and Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Hart's most stunning achievement is his brilliant inclusion of Marilynne Robinson's Gilead as a modernist text, for the way the novel teaches us to see more, to hear more, to feel more. Hart's dazzling study is an examination of important works of literature as they explore the experience of living in a broken world with thought and sometimes with examples of resolve that possess permanent validity. The Living Moment is for anyone who is wearied by so much of today's trendy, narrow, and ideologically driven criticism.

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  • Title The Living Moment: Modernism in a Broken World
  • Author Jeffrey Hart
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 184
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Northwestern University Press
  • Publication date 2012-08
  • Features Bibliography, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780810128217 / 0810128217
  • Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.5 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 1.27 cm)
  • Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • Library of Congress subjects Literature, Modern - 20th century - History, Modernism (Literature) - History and
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2012005927
  • Dewey Decimal Code 809.911

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Citations

  • Library Journal, 08/01/2012, Page 92
  • Publishers Weekly, 07/30/2012, Page 0

About the author

Jeffrey Hart is a cultural critic, professor emeritus of English at Dartmouth College, essayist, and columnist who lives in New Hampshire, United States.

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