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More copies of this ISBNThis title in other editionsThe Demon and the Angel: Searching for the Source of Artistic Inspirationby Edward Hirsch
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Paul Klee * Robert Johnson * Billie Holiday * T.S. Eliot * Wallace Stevens * Baudelaire * Herman Melville * Rainer Maria Rilke * Rimbaud * Sylvia Plath * Jackson Pollock * Ella Fitzgerald * Ezra Pound * W.B. Yeats A work of art, whether a painting, a dance, a poem, or a jazz composition, can be admired in its own right. But how does the artist actually create his or her work? What is the source of an artist's inspiration? What is the force that impels the artist to set down a vision that becomes art? In this groundbreaking book, poet and critic Edward Hirsch explores the concept of duende, the mysterious, highly potent power of creativity that results in a work of art. From Federico García Lorca's wrestling with darkness as he discovered the fountain of words within himself to Martha Graham's creation of her most emotional dances, from the canvases of Robert Motherwell to William Blake's celestial visions, Hirsch taps into the artistic imagination and explains, in terms illuminating and emotional, how different artists respond to the power and demonic energy of creative impulse. Hirsch's passionate exploration of the creative process is an inspiration in itself. "Unique, exhilarating, and virtuosic. . . . [Hirsch] is able to articulate the seemingly ineffable through brilliant critical analyses and empathic insights into artists' lives. . . . Hirsch himself is imbued with the soulful spirit he celebrates, and its 'dark radiance' shimmers in every inspired page." --Donna Seaman, Booklist Edward Hirsch is the author of many books, including five books of poetry. He also writes a weekly poetry column for the Washington Post Book World. He has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, the National Book Critics Circle award, the Prix de Rome, and a MacArthur Fellowship. He is president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and lives in New York City. Synopsis:In this groundbreaking book, Hirsch explores the concept of "duende, " that mysterious, highly potent power of creativity that results in a work of art. Hirsch taps into the artistic imagination and explains, in terms illuminating and emotional, how different artists respond to the power and demonic energy of creative impulse.
Synopsis:A work of art, whether a painting, a dance, a poem, or a jazz composition, can be admired in its own right. But how does the artist actually create his or her work? What is the source of an artist's inspiration? What is the force that impels the artist to set down a vision that becomes art? In this groundbreaking book, Edward Hirsch explores the concept of duende, that mysterious, highly potent power of creativity that results in a work of art. With examples ranging from Federico García Lorca's wrestling with darkness as he discovered the fountain of words within himself to Martha Graham's creation of her most emotional dances, from the canvases of Robert Motherwell to William Blake's celestial visions, Hirsch taps into the artistic imagination and explains, in terms illuminating and emotional, how different artists respond to the power and demonic energy of creative impulse. Synopsis:In this groundbreaking book, Hirsch explores the concept of "duende, " that mysterious, highly potent power of creativity that results in a work of art. Hirsch taps into the artistic imagination and explains, in terms illuminating and emotional, how different artists respond to the power and demonic energy of creative impulse.
About the AuthorEdward Hirsch is the author of six books of poems and three books of prose, among them the national bestseller How to Read a Poem: And Fall in Love with Poetry. He has received the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Prix de Rome, and a MacArthur Fellowship, and is president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. He lives in New York.
Table of ContentsContents Preface-xi Only Mystery - 1 Invoking the Duende - 3 Poetic Fact - 5 A Mysterious Power - 8 The Hidden Spirit of Disconsolate Spain - 13 An Apprenticeship - 19 Between Eros and Thanatos - 29 The Majesty of the Incomprehensible - 35 A Spectacular Meteor - 39 Swooping In - 45 Ardent Struggle, Endless Vigil - 49 The Black Paintings - 55 The Intermediary - 58 Yeats's Daimon - 65 Ars Poetica? - 72 A Passionate Ingredient - 76 The Yearning Cry of a Shade - 80 I Sing You, Wild Chasm - 85 Night Work - 91 Vegetable Life, Airy Spirit - 96 A Person Must Control His Thoughts in a Dream - 101 The Angelic World - 109 The Story of Jacob's Wrestling with an Angel - 118 Concerning the Angels - 126 The Rilkean Angel - 132 Angel, Still Groping - 141 The New Angel - 147 Three American Angels - 152 Demon or Bird! - 157 Between Two Contending Forces - 162 The Sublime Is Now - 166 In the Painting - 171 Paint It Black - 178 Motherwell's Black - 184 Deaths and Entrances - 191 Ancient Music and Fresh Forms - 196 America Heard in Rhythm - 202 Hey, I'm American, So I Played It - 207 Fending Off the Duende - 213 The Existentialist Flatfoot Floogie - 220 Poet in New York - 222 Where Is the Angel? Where Is the Duende? - 229 Notes - 231 Reading List: The Pleasure of the Text - 279 Acknowledgments - 303 Permissions Acknowledgments - 304 Index - 309 What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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