{"product_id":"in-defense-of-reason-yvor-winters-9780804001519","title":"In Defense of Reason: Three Classics of Contemporary Criticism","description":"\u003cp\u003eYvor Winters has here collected, with an introduction, the major critical works-Primitivism and Decadence, Maule's Curse, and The Anatomy of Nonsense-of the period in which he worked out his famous and influential critical position. The works together show an integrated position which illuminates the force and importance of the individual essays. With \u003ci\u003eThe Function of Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e, a subsequent collection, \u003ci\u003eIn Defense of Reason\u003c\/i\u003e provides an incomparable body of critical writing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The noted critic bases his analysis upon a belief in the existence of absolute truths and values, in the ethical judgment of literature, and in an insistence that it is the duty of the writer-as it is of very man-to approximate these truths insofar as human fallibility permits. His argument is by theory, but also by definite example-the technique of the \"whole critic\" who effectively combines close study of specific literary works and a penetrating investigation of aesthetic philosophies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yvor Winters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804001510\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804001519\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/02\/1987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 627\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 1.27d","brand":"Yvor Winters","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47419112063231,"sku":"9780804001519","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_92d63848-23f2-4b9f-b835-2d0cc70f6322.jpg?v=1761509516","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-defense-of-reason-yvor-winters-9780804001519","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}