{"product_id":"pleasure-and-change-frank-kermode-9780195309355","title":"Pleasure and Change: The Aesthetics of Canon","description":"The question of the canon has been the subject of debate in academic circles for over fifteen years. \u003cem\u003ePleasure and Change\u003c\/em\u003e contains two lectures on this important subject by the distinguished literary critic Sir Frank Kermode. In essays that were originally delivered as Tanner Lectures at Berkeley in November of 2001, Kermode reinterprets the question of canon formation in light of two related and central notions: \u003cem\u003epleasure\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003echange\u003c\/em\u003e. He asks how aesthetic pleasure informs what we find valuable, and how this perception changes over time. Kermode also explores the role of chance, observing the connections between canon formation and unintentional and sometimes even random circumstance. Geoffrey Hartmann (Yale University), John Guillory (New York University), and Carey Perloff (director of the American Conservatory Theatre) offer incisive comments on these essays, to which Kermode responds in a lively rejoinder. The volume begins with a helpful introduction by Robert Alter. The result is a stimulating and accessible discussion of a highly significant cultural debate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frank Kermode\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0195309359\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195309355\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/29\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.62h x 5.04w x 0.35d","brand":"Frank Kermode","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44181065728255,"sku":"9780195309355","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_82cc2b22-db9b-4104-8b73-b5acb742b080.jpg?v=1690258363","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pleasure-and-change-frank-kermode-9780195309355","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}