The Night Sky by Ann Lauterbach

The Night Sky by Ann Lauterbach

A scintillating collection of essays on language from one of literature's most supple minds

In The Night Sky, her first work of essays, acclaimed poet Ann Lauterbach writes of the ways in which art and poetry are integral and necessary to human conversation. At the center of the book is a series of seven essays, by turns meditative and polemical, that articulate the interstices between Lauterbach's poetics and her experience. She advocates an active encounter with language, at once imaginative and practical, and argues for the importance of art to the well- being of a democratic society. Lauterbach's "nimble and glittering" (Booklist) writings bring us to a new understanding of the relationship between self-knowledge and cultural meaning, as well as demonstrating the ways in which contemporary philosophy and theory might be integrated with practical knowledge.

Ruth and David Schwab III Professor of Language and Literature at Bard College is Ann Lauterbach. The Guggenheim Foundation, the Ingram Merrill Foundation, and the John D. Rockefeller Foundation have all supported her work through fellowships. Catherine C. and Catherine C. The MacArthur Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of If in Time: Collected Poems 1975-2000 is one of six poetry collections she has written.

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ISBN 13	9780143037378
ISBN 10	0143037374
Titel	The Night Sky
Autor	Ann Lauterbach
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Penguin Putnam Inc
Erscheinungsjahr	2008-03-25
Seitenanzahl	272
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