Name: mortification: writers' stories of their public shame
SKU: 18694087
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Author: Robertson, Robin
ISBN: 9780060750923

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mortification: writers' stories of their public shame

Type

Physical Book

Author

Robin Robertson

Publisher

Harper Perennial

Year

2005

Language

English

Pages

288

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.4x16.9x1.8 cm

Weight

0.24 kg.

ISBN

0060750928

ISBN13

9780060750923

Synopsis "mortification: writers' stories of their public shame"

Humiliation is not, of course, unique to writers. However, the world of letters does seem to offer a near-perfect micro-climate for embarrassment and shame. There is something about the conjunction of high-mindedness and low income that is inherently comic; something about the very idea of deeply private thoughts -- carefully worked and honed into art over the years -- being presented to a public audience of dubious strangers, that strays perilously close to tragedy. These seventy contributions prove it is possible to reverse Auden's dictum: that art is born out of humiliation.

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