{"product_id":"the-madness-of-art-robert-phillips-9780815607830","title":"The Madness of Art: Interviews with Poets and Writers","description":"\u003cp\u003eRobert Phillips's conversational yet penetrating approach yields self-assessments that read like new essays by the writers themselves. Conducted over the course of twenty years, many of these pieces were first published in the\u003ci\u003e Paris Review. \u003c\/i\u003eTaken from a passage Henry James, the title speaks to the\" madness\" that drives our greatest works of creativity. Phillips's interviews bring out this \"madness\" in its most important sense: the writers are seers and visionaries, whose works inspire us beyond the limits of reason. The conversations recorded in \u003ci\u003eThe Madness of Art\u003c\/i\u003e attain that same level of inspiration and power. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePhillips questions his interviewees about their work methods, daily lives, influences, sources of inspiration, relationship to other literary figures, response to critics, choice of genre, audience, and reasons for writing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Phillips\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0815607830\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815607830\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.36h x 6.34w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2003 pg. 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2003","brand":"Robert Phillips","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44120328700159,"sku":"9780815607830","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b4436262-9ba0-4654-b32e-d9a7a1d07617.jpg?v=1687413742","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-madness-of-art-robert-phillips-9780815607830","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}