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"From the Georgics of Virgil to Flaubert's landscapes of happiness, Ullrich Langer argues that lyric representation holds a particular power to address our humanity. Ranging across a vast chronology, the book investigates how such poetry and prose activate our capacities for empathy, equity, irony, and reasoning, while educating us in pleasure and helping us comprehend death. Each chapter constitutes a fresh encounter with some of the most celebrated texts of European literary history, demonstrating how the lyrical works and what it elicits in us. Through deft rhetorical and philological analysis, the study presents the value of literary studies for both ethical purposes and aesthetic ends"--

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781009225250
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 300
  • Udgivet:
  • 16. februar 2023
  • Størrelse:
  • 152x14x229 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 467 g.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 2. december 2024
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"From the Georgics of Virgil to Flaubert's landscapes of happiness, Ullrich Langer argues that lyric representation holds a particular power to address our humanity. Ranging across a vast chronology, the book investigates how such poetry and prose activate our capacities for empathy, equity, irony, and reasoning, while educating us in pleasure and helping us comprehend death. Each chapter constitutes a fresh encounter with some of the most celebrated texts of European literary history, demonstrating how the lyrical works and what it elicits in us. Through deft rhetorical and philological analysis, the study presents the value of literary studies for both ethical purposes and aesthetic ends"--

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