{"product_id":"literary-awakenings-personal-essays-from-the-hudson-review-9780815634874","title":"Literary Awakenings: Personal Essays from the Hudson Review","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring the past thirty years, the editors of the \u003ci\u003eHudson Review\u003c\/i\u003e have observed a trend among some of the best literary essayists and reviewers to situate their criticism in a deeply personal manner as opposed to the theoretical, technocratic work being produced in many literary and academic publications. Over time, the \u003ci\u003eHudson Review \u003c\/i\u003ebecame a home for this kind of accessible, memoirist writing. \u003ci\u003eLiterary Awakenings\u003c\/i\u003e collects eighteen essays published over the last three decades that celebrate the writer's relationship with literature, one that is deeply shaped by experience and remembrance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe essays gathered here recall disparate awakenings to the influence of literature and discoveries of the many ways in which it enriches nearly every aspect of our lives. Antonio Muñoz Molina describes his education as a writer and a citizen as a form of protest against Franco's totalitarian regime in Spain. Drawing upon \u003ci\u003eHuckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e, Wendell Berry meditates on the impulse to escape that literature often invokes, and Judith Pascoe's tribute to \u003ci\u003eClarissa\u003c\/i\u003e confesses to the appeal of reading select literature that initiates one into an exclusive coterie of people. What unites these diverse contributions is the joy of appreciation, the pleasures of engaging with literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ronald Koury\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815634874\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRonald Koury\u003c\/b\u003e has been managing editor of the \u003ci\u003eHudson Review\u003c\/i\u003e since 1985.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Syracuse University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45108181893235,"sku":"9780815634874","price":93.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_0b01570e-626f-49d3-a68d-3a0416c91f2a.jpg?v=1781612670","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/literary-awakenings-personal-essays-from-the-hudson-review-9780815634874","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}