02493nam 2200589 a 450 991081898120332120230803024809.00-8047-8482-510.1515/9780804784825(CKB)2670000000276642(EBL)1062254(OCoLC)818734168(SSID)ssj0000757343(PQKBManifestationID)12323553(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000757343(PQKBWorkID)10758166(PQKB)11253842(MiAaPQ)EBC1062254(DE-B1597)564602(DE-B1597)9780804784825(Au-PeEL)EBL1062254(CaPaEBR)ebr10623024(OCoLC)1224279283(EXLCZ)99267000000027664220120904d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWriting against time[electronic resource] /Michael W. CluneStanford, Calif. Stanford University Press20131 online resource (200 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8047-7081-6 0-8047-7082-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : writing against time -- Imaginary music -- The addictive image -- Big Brother stops time -- The cultured image -- Conclusion : from representation to creation.For centuries, a central goal of art has been to make us see the world with new eyes. Thinkers from Edmund Burke to Elaine Scarry have understood this effort as the attempt to create new forms. But as anyone who has ever worn out a song by repeated listening knows, artistic form is hardly immune to sensation-killing habit. Some of our most ambitious writers-Keats, Proust, Nabokov, Ashbery-have been obsessed by this problem. Attempting to create an image that never gets old, they experiment with virtual, ideal forms. Poems and novels become workshops, as fragments of the real world are scrLiterature, ModernHistory and criticismTime in literatureLiterature, ModernHistory and criticism.Time in literature.809/.93384Clune Michael W1721320MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818981203321Writing against time4120805UNINA