{"product_id":"in-defense-of-reason-three-classics-of-contemporary-criticism-paperback","title":"In Defense of Reason: Three Classics of Contemporary Criticism - Paperback","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\u003eYvor Winters\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYvor Winters has here collected, with an introduction, the major critical works-Primitivism and Decadence, Maule's Curse, and The Anatomy of Nonsense-of the period in which he worked out his famous and influential critical position. The works together show an integrated position which illuminates the force and importance of the individual essays. With \u003ci\u003eThe Function of Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e, a subsequent collection, \u003ci\u003eIn Defense of Reason\u003c\/i\u003e provides an incomparable body of critical writing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The noted critic bases his analysis upon a belief in the existence of absolute truths and values, in the ethical judgment of literature, and in an insistence that it is the duty of the writer-as it is of very man-to approximate these truths insofar as human fallibility permits. His argument is by theory, but also by definite example-the technique of the \"whole critic\" who effectively combines close study of specific literary works and a penetrating investigation of aesthetic philosophies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYvor Winters\u003c\/b\u003e (1900-1968) was a poet, critic, and Stanford University professor of English literature. He won the Bollingen Prize in 1961.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 627\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.27 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 02, 1987\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52988078752051,"sku":"9780804001519","price":78.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/2U9tMsDavs9780804001519.webp?v=1769072774","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/in-defense-of-reason-three-classics-of-contemporary-criticism-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}