Power to hurt : the virtues of alienation / William Monroe.
| Author/creator | Monroe, William Frank, 1952- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©1998. |
| Description | xi, 243 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Strategies, performances, virtues -- A performance paradigm -- Reading, empathy, alienation -- Virtue criticism as cultural criticism -- Necessary troublemakers -- "Heaven's graces" : gnostic strategies -- "Sweetest things" : aesthetic strategies -- "Nature's riches" : parabolic strategies -- Reluctant performers -- "Others but stewards" : T.S. Eliot's gnostic impulse -- "Lords and owners" : Vladimir Nabokov's sequestered imagination -- "The basest weed" : Donald Barthelme's parabolic fairy tale. |
| Local note | Little-315160--305131028541X |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 97004639 |
| ISBN | 025202351X (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 025206657X (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS228.A6 M66 1998 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |