The Genius to Improve an Invention: Literary TransitionsUniversity of Notre Dame Press, 2002 - 151 The Genius to Improve an Invention derives its title from John Dryden's phrase for the British tendency to take up literary masterpieces from the past and "perfect" them. Distinguished literary scholar Piero Boitani adopts Dryden's notion as a framework for exploring ways in which classical and medieval texts, scenes, and themes have been rewritten by modern authors. Boitani focuses on a concept of literary transition that takes into account both T.S. Eliot's idea of "tradition and individual talent" and Harold Bloom's "anxiety of influence." In five elegant essays he examines a wide range of authors and texts, including Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Shakespeare, Chaucer, Voltaire, Goethe, Sartre, Dante, and Keats. Appearing for the first time in an English translation, The Genius to Improve an Invention will appeal to anyone interested in the Western literary tradition. "The Genius to Improve an Invention is both substantial and graceful-a fascinating journey through some of the greatest works of Western literature, with a guide who is at once learned and entertaining, impassioned and moving." --Jill Mann, University of Notre Dame "This book deserves the attention of all who are interested in the processes of literary continuity and change." --Frank Kermode, King's College, Cambridge University "The Genius to Improve an Invention is supported with a thorough theoretical awareness and a flexible intelligence enabling Boitani to move comfortably within a vast array of texts and thus take the reader on a fascinating literary journey. Through his pressing and detailed argumentations, the author suggests original approaches to some of the great works of European literature--each of them is considered as a solution to a specific problem and, at the same time, as a probative argument in favor of applied rationality. Reading these essays calls to mind what Henry James once said, 'all the pieces of the game [are] on the table together and each unconfusedly and contributively placed, as triumphantly scientific.'" --Mario Lavagetto, University of Bologna |
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... asks Orestes cruelly , and while Aegisthus is still uncertain about the iden- tity of his enemy he adds , " Are you not aware that you have been ad- dressing living men as if they were dead ? " Finally , Aegisthus recognizes Orestes ...
... asks Orestes cruelly , and while Aegisthus is still uncertain about the iden- tity of his enemy he adds , " Are you not aware that you have been ad- dressing living men as if they were dead ? " Finally , Aegisthus recognizes Orestes ...
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... asks him , “ Well , what would you suggest ? What would you advise me to do about this ? " And Pandarus , unlike his equivalent in the Filostrato , replies : Certein , best is That ye hym love ayeyn for his lovynge , As love for love is ...
... asks him , “ Well , what would you suggest ? What would you advise me to do about this ? " And Pandarus , unlike his equivalent in the Filostrato , replies : Certein , best is That ye hym love ayeyn for his lovynge , As love for love is ...
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... asks him to banish him and “ to her that lies inside that house give burial . ” He also begs him to take care of his daugh- ters , and that he might be allowed to touch them once more . Antigone and Ismene enter , and Oedipus asks to be ...
... asks him to banish him and “ to her that lies inside that house give burial . ” He also begs him to take care of his daugh- ters , and that he might be allowed to touch them once more . Antigone and Ismene enter , and Oedipus asks to be ...
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