Falling Upwards: Essays in Defense of the Imagination
- Synopsis
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Cultural critic and essayist Siegel has published pieces in such prominent American periodicals as Harper's, The New Republic (where he is a senior editor), Time, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. Here he collects 21 of those essays commenting on such diverse cultural products as the Harry Potter books, the plays of Anton Chekhov, the television shows The Sopranos and Sex and the City, Stanley Kubrick's film Eyes Wide Shut, and a biography of Saul Bellow. Throughout the essays he celebrates those works with imagination, those that display artistic authenticity and integrity, and denigrates those that are the products of an increasingly commercialized culture. His motto as a cultural critic is to "do unto art as what you would have art do unto you. " Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)
- Copyright:
- 2006
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780786735518
- Publisher:
- Perseus Books Group
- Date of Addition:
- 09/20/12
- Copyrighted By:
- Lee Siegel
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
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English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
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Nonfiction,
Art and Architecture
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