{"product_id":"the-ordering-mirror-readers-and-contexts-hardcover","title":"The Ordering Mirror: Readers and Contexts - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhillip Lopate\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1977, Bennington College alumna Edith Barbour Andrews established the Ben Belitt Lectureships in gratitude to her teacher Ben Belitt and dedicated the publication of the lectures (in the form of chapbooks) to the memory of William Troy, another of her beloved teachers. The collection, published here in one volume, comprises lectures by some of the most inspiring writers and keenest critics of our time. In his introduciton to The Ordering Mirror, Phillip Lopate contrasts the anticipations and the audience\/lecturer dynamic inherent in attending yearly lecture, with the experience of reading them, and the opportunity for reflection and comparison. Lopate summarizes that, \"It is enough to appreciate that we are watching masters of the game of essay-writing, who, even as they comment on the masterpieces of other writers, practice their own wizardry.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe volume includes: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGeorge Steiner, \"The Uncommon Reader\" (1978)\u003cbr\u003eFrank Kermode, \"Divination\" (1979)\u003cbr\u003eHarold Bloom, \"To the Tally of My Soul: Whitman's Image of Voice\" (1980)\u003cbr\u003eDenis Donoghue, \"The Politics of Modern Criticism\" (1981)\u003cbr\u003eIrving Howe, \"The Making of a Critic\" (1982)\u003cbr\u003eRichard Ellman, \"The Uses of Decadence: Wilde, Yeats, Joyce\" (1983)\u003cbr\u003eBernard Malamud, \"Long Work, Short Life\" (1984)\u003cbr\u003eBen Belitt, \"Literature and Belief: Three 'Spiritual Exercises'\" (1985)\u003cbr\u003eSaul Bellow, \"Summations\" (1987)\u003cbr\u003eHugh Kenner, \"Magics and Spells (about curses, charms, and riddles)\" (1987)\u003cbr\u003eRichard Rorty, \"The Barber of Kasbeam: Nabokov on Cruelty\" (1988)\u003cbr\u003eRene Girard, \"Collective Violence and Sacrifice in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar\" (1989)\u003cbr\u003eNadine Gordimer, \"Three in a Bed: Fiction, Morals and Politics\" (1990)\u003cbr\u003eSeamus Heaney, \"Dylan the Durable?: On Dylan Thomas\" (1992)\u003cbr\u003eCynthia Ozick, \"What Henry James Knew\" (1992)\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1977, Bennington College alumna Edith Barbour Andrews established the Ben Belitt Lectureships in gratitude to her teacher Ben Belitt and dedicated the publication of the lectures (in the form of chapbooks) to the memory of William Troy, another of her beloved teachers. The collection, published here in one volume, comprises lectures by some of the most inspiring writers and keenest critics of our time. In his introduction to The Ordering Mirror, Phillip Lopate contrasts the anticipation and the audience\/lecturer dynamic inherent in attending the yearly lecture, with the experience of reading them, and the opportunity for reflection and comparison. Lopate summarizes that \"It is enough to appreciate that we are watching masters of the game of essay-writing, who, even as they comment on the masterpieces of other writers, practice their own wizardry\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.14 x 9.29 x 6.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52987856191795,"sku":"9780823215157","price":111.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Z_Cu0rjWkS9780823215157.webp?v=1769072298","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-ordering-mirror-readers-and-contexts-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}