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Mortification Writers Stories of Their Public Shame

by Robertson, Robin

$16.28

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Humiliation is not, of course, unique to writers. However, the world of letters does seem to offer a near-perfect micro-climate for embarrassment and shame. There is something about the conjunction of high-mindedness and low income that is inherently comic; something about the very idea of deeply private thoughts -- carefully worked and honed into art over the years -- being presented to a public audience of dubious strangers, that strays perilously close to tragedy. These seventy contributions prove it is possible to reverse Auden's dictum: that art is born out of humiliation.

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  • Harper Perennial Brand
  • Apr 5, 2005 Pub Date:
  • 9780060750923 ISBN-13:
  • 0060750928 ISBN-10:
  • English Language
  • 8 in * 0.65 in * 5.31 in Dimensions:
  • 1 lb Weight: