Poetics and praxis, understanding and imagination
Subtitle: the collected essays of O.B. Hardison, Jr.
By: edited by Arthur F. Kinney.
Contributors: Kinney, Arthur F., 1933-
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 457
Subjects: English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.; Imagination.; Poetics.
Other titles: Poetics & praxis, understanding & imagination
Description: Whether O.B. Hardison Jr. (1929-1990) wrote about government's responsibility to the arts and humanities, film adaptations of Shakespeare's play, Dadaist poetry, or modern and postmodern design and architecture, his chosen form was the essay. Showcasing Hardison's mastery of the essay's power to instruct, persuade, and provoke, the twenty-five selections in this volume range from his earliest works to those completed but still unpublished at the time of his death. As Arthur F.

Kinney notes in his preface, they all bear hallmarks of Hardison's style: his intensity and acuity of thought, his concreteness, his grounding of the present and future in the past, his easy melding of analytic and expository conventions, and his intercultural perspective.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-419) and index.