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Bezig met laden... Invisible forms : a guide to literary curiosities (editie 2000)door Kevin Jackson
Informatie over het werkInvisible Forms: A Guide to Literary Curiosities door Kevin Jackson
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 Where the mingled disgust and fascination fuelling a work like The Dunciad could from the spilt ink of paratexts extrapolate the demise of an entire culture, Invisible Forms settles down rather contentedly in its garret. [...] It is appropriate that one of the book's own paratexts should supply the justest measure of its performance. Invisible Forms is, as the jacket copy declares, "the perfect companion for literature lovers everywhere". The book is crammed with wonderful oddities and shrewd observations; but the larger point is that there is no such thing as a neutral literary apparatus, invisibly supporting the text. Every bit of a book has its own complicated meanings and pleasures and, as Jackson repeatedly shows, in literature the scenery has a way of coming to the centre of the stage. [...] Invisible Forms would be worth reading just for the specimens Jackson has assembled.
"Invisible Forms is a collection of essays about unacknowledged genres and curiosities of writing, which together provides a richly entertaining journey through the written word's neglected corners and heroes." "There are examples from every part of literature's history, ranging from the greats such as Shakespeare, Beckett and T. S. Eliot to lesser known writers such as Fernando Pessoa. Jackson's mix of serious literary analysis and jovial wit means Invisible Forms will appeal to anyone interested in books and the art of writing."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)809Literature By Topic History, description and criticism of more than two literaturesLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: (3.77)
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There are books in which the footnotes, or the comments scrawled by some reader's hand in the margin, are more interesting than the text. The world is one of those books. (George Santayana, Realms of Being)
Some of the means I use are trivial - and some are quadrivial. (James Joyce, responding to accusations of triviality)
The contents of Invisible Forms exist in that realm somewhere between the trivial and the whole world. It is an interesting place, one that invites the reader in for a dip now and then. Watch out that you are not engulfed by the world of Invisible Forms. (