{"product_id":"the-ordering-mirror-readers-and-contexts","title":"The Ordering Mirror: Readers and Contexts","description":"In 1977, Bennington College alumna Edith Barbour Andrews established the Ben Belitt Lectureships in gratitude to her teacher Ben Belitt and dedicated the publication of the lectures (in the form of chapbooks) to the memory of William Troy, another of her beloved teachers. The collection, published here in one volume, comprises lectures by some of the most inspiring writers and keenest critics of our time. In his introduciton to The Ordering Mirror, Phillip Lopate contrasts the anticipations and the audience\/lecturer dynamic inherent in attending yearly lecture, with the experience of reading them, and the opportunity for reflection and comparison. Lopate summarizes that, \"It is enough to appreciate that we are watching masters of the game of essay-writing, who, even as they comment on the masterpieces of other writers, practice their own wizardry.\"\n\nThe volume includes:\n\nGeorge Steiner, \"The Uncommon Reader\" (1978)\nFrank Kermode, \"Divination\" (1979)\nHarold Bloom, \"To the Tally of My Soul: Whitman's Image of Voice\" (1980)\nDenis Donoghue, \"The Politics of Modern Criticism\" (1981)\nIrving Howe, \"The Making of a Critic\" (1982)\nRichard Ellman, \"The Uses of Decadence: Wilde, Yeats, Joyce\" (1983)\nBernard Malamud, \"Long Work, Short Life\" (1984)\nBen Belitt, \"Literature and Belief: Three 'Spiritual Exercises'\" (1985)\nSaul Bellow, \"Summations\" (1987)\nHugh Kenner, \"Magics and Spells (about curses, charms, and riddles)\" (1987)\nRichard Rorty, \"The Barber of Kasbeam: Nabokov on Cruelty\" (1988)\nRene Girard, \"Collective Violence and Sacrifice in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar\" (1989)\nNadine Gordimer, \"Three in a Bed: Fiction, Morals and Politics\" (1990)\nSeamus Heaney, \"Dylan the Durable?: On Dylan Thomas\" (1992)\nCynthia Ozick, \"What Henry James Knew\" (1992)\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0823215156\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0823215156.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Lopate, Phillip\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43374658093117,"sku":"BVV.0823215156.G","price":18.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0823215156-0.jpg?v=1784594148","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-ordering-mirror-readers-and-contexts","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}