Poetry against torture: criticism, history, and the human
by Bové, Paul A
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Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2008. xvi, 159 pages, very good softcover; inscribed by the author. "Set against the dogmas of state regimes that torture, against the misapplications of technology to the destruction of human subjectivities, and against the use of spiritual traditions to suppress human poesis, this book speaks for poetry as the highest form of human consciousness, selfmaking, and imaginative possibility. Paul Bove sets out to remind society and intellectuals of the species' dependence upon those historical processes of self-making that result from and make possible such remarkable achievements as Dante's poetry, Bach's music, and the very being of humanity as a historical species that has the right to imagine and create its own futures...
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- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (US)
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- Title
- Poetry against torture: criticism, history, and the human
- Author
- Bové, Paul A
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 9622099270
- ISBN 13
- 9789622099272
- Publisher
- Hong Kong University Press
- Place of Publication
- Hong Kong
- Date Published
- 2008
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Critical Theory; Torture;
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