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Every force evolves a form : twenty essays / by Guy Davenport.

Davenport, Guy. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0865472475 (alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9780865472471 (alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: x, 171 p. ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: San Francisco : North Point Press, 1987.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
Foreword -- The Champollion of table manners -- What are those monkeys doing? -- Transcendental satyr -- Montaigne -- Herondas -- Ariadne's dancing floor -- The Smith of Smiths -- The artist as critic -- The scholar as critic -- The critic as artist -- Balthus -- Nabokov's Don Quixote -- In that awful civil war -- More genteel than God -- The Peales in their museum -- Pergolesi's dog -- Late Beckett -- Every force evolves a form -- Making it uglier to the airport -- Imaginary Americas.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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24510. ‡aEvery force evolves a form : ‡btwenty essays / ‡cby Guy Davenport.
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300 . ‡ax, 171 p. ; ‡c24 cm.
504 . ‡aIncludes bibliographical references.
50500. ‡tForeword -- ‡gThe ‡tChampollion of table manners -- ‡tWhat are those monkeys doing? -- ‡tTranscendental satyr -- ‡tMontaigne -- ‡tHerondas -- ‡tAriadne's dancing floor -- ‡gThe ‡tSmith of Smiths -- ‡gThe ‡tartist as critic -- ‡gThe ‡tscholar as critic -- ‡gThe ‡tcritic as artist -- ‡tBalthus -- ‡tNabokov's Don Quixote -- ‡tIn that awful civil war -- ‡tMore genteel than God -- ‡gThe ‡tPeales in their museum -- ‡tPergolesi's dog -- ‡tLate Beckett -- ‡tEvery force evolves a form -- ‡tMaking it uglier to the airport -- ‡tImaginary Americas.
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