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In a collection that includes new essays written explicitly for this volume, one of our sharpest and most influential critics confronts the past, present, and future of literary culture.
If every outlet for book criticism suddenly disappeared — if all we had were reviews that treated books like any other commodity — could the novel survive? In a gauntlet-throwing essay at the start of this brilliant assemblage, Cynthia Ozick stakes the claim that, just as surely as critics require a steady supply of new fiction, novelists need great critics to build a vibrant community on the foundation of literary history. For decades, Ozick herself has been one of our great critics, as these essays so clearly display. She offers models of critical analysis of writers from the mid-twentieth century to today, from Saul Bellow, Bernard Malamud, and Kafka, to William Gass and Martin Amis, all assembled in provocatively named groups: Fanatics, Monsters, Figures, and others. Uncompromising and brimming with insight, these essays are essential reading for anyone facing the future of literature in the digital age.
If every outlet for book criticism suddenly disappeared — if all we had were reviews that treated books like any other commodity — could the novel survive? In a gauntlet-throwing essay at the start of this brilliant assemblage, Cynthia Ozick stakes the claim that, just as surely as critics require a steady supply of new fiction, novelists need great critics to build a vibrant community on the foundation of literary history. For decades, Ozick herself has been one of our great critics, as these essays so clearly display. She offers models of critical analysis of writers from the mid-twentieth century to today, from Saul Bellow, Bernard Malamud, and Kafka, to William Gass and Martin Amis, all assembled in provocatively named groups: Fanatics, Monsters, Figures, and others. Uncompromising and brimming with insight, these essays are essential reading for anyone facing the future of literature in the digital age.
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Author of numerous acclaimed works of fiction and nonfiction, CYNTHIA OZICK has received the National Book Critics Circle Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the Man Booker International Prize. Her writing has appeared in the New Republic,Harper's, and elsewhere.
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Cynthia Ozick is one of the sharpest and most distinguished critics in American letters. For decades, her extraordinary readerly sensitivity and deep well of knowledge have informed penetrating judgments that delight and spark debate. Assembling ten years’ worth of Ozick’s nonfiction writing in one volume, Critics, Monsters, Fanatics, and Other Literary Essays is both an exemplar of brilliant criticism and a powerful argument for the vitally important role of the critic, as much now as ever.
With the gauntlet-throwing essay that opens this book, Ozick contends that if literary fiction is to thrive in a culture awash in uncertainty and disruption, we need true critics to make sense of the present, illuminate the past, and point the way forward. The essays that follow reveal Ozick in peak form as she examines writers from the early twentieth century to today. Saul Bellow is here, and Bernard Malamud; Auden and Kafka; William Gass, Martin Amis, and more—all gathered in provocatively named groups with new introductions: Figures, Fanatics, Monsters, Souls. Uncompromising and brimming with insight, these essays are marvels of elegant prose and discerning intellect from one of our most treasured writers.
With the gauntlet-throwing essay that opens this book, Ozick contends that if literary fiction is to thrive in a culture awash in uncertainty and disruption, we need true critics to make sense of the present, illuminate the past, and point the way forward. The essays that follow reveal Ozick in peak form as she examines writers from the early twentieth century to today. Saul Bellow is here, and Bernard Malamud; Auden and Kafka; William Gass, Martin Amis, and more—all gathered in provocatively named groups with new introductions: Figures, Fanatics, Monsters, Souls. Uncompromising and brimming with insight, these essays are marvels of elegant prose and discerning intellect from one of our most treasured writers.
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