{"product_id":"something-speaks-to-me-where-criticism-begins-hardcover","title":"Something Speaks to Me: Where Criticism Begins - 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\u003eMichel Chaouli\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn account of criticism as an urgent response to what moves us.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Criticism begins when we put down a book to tell someone about it. It is what we do when we face a work or event that bowls us over and makes us scramble for a response. As Michel Chaouli argues, criticism involves three moments: \u003ci\u003eSomething speaks to me. I must tell you about it. But I don't know how\u003c\/i\u003e. The heart of criticism, no matter its form, lies in these surges of thoughts and feelings. Criticism arises from the fundamental need to share what overwhelms us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e We tend to associate criticism with scholarship and journalism. But Chaouli is not describing professional criticism, but what he calls \"poetic criticism\"--a staging ground for surprise, dread, delight, comprehension, and incomprehension. Written in the mode of a philosophical essay, \u003ci\u003eSomething Speaks to Me\u003c\/i\u003e draws on a wide range of writers, artists, and thinkers, from Kant and Schlegel to Merleau-Ponty, Bachelard, Barthes, and Cavell. Reflecting on these dimensions of poetic experience, \u003ci\u003eSomething Speaks to Me\u003c\/i\u003e is less concerned with joining academic debates than communicating the urgency of criticism.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichel Chaouli\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of German and comparative literature at Indiana University Bloomington, where he also directs the Center for Theoretical Inquiry in the Humanities. His recent publications include \u003ci\u003eThinking with Kant's \"Critique of Judgment\"\u003c\/i\u003e and the coedited volume \u003ci\u003ePoetic Critique: Encounters with Art and Literature\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 16, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52703827231027,"sku":"9780226830315","price":185.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/U_hNHbC77s9780226830315.webp?v=1763341052","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/something-speaks-to-me-where-criticism-begins-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}