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Mortification : Writers' Stories of Their Public Shame
Overview
Humiliation is not, of course, unique to writers. However, the world of letters does seem to offer a near-perfect micro-climate for embarrassment and shame. There is something about the conjunction of high-mindedness and low income that is inherently comic; something about the very idea of deeply private thoughts -- carefully worked and honed into art over the years -- being presented to a public audience of dubious strangers, that strays perilously close to tragedy. These seventy contributions prove it is possible to reverse Auden's dictum: that art is born out of humiliation.
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- ISBN-13: 9780060750923
- ISBN-10: 0060750928
- Publisher: Harper Perennial
- Publish Date: April 2005
- Dimensions: 8.04 x 6.66 x 0.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.53 pounds
- Page Count: 288
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