What the furies bring

Sherman, Kenneth 1950- (Author). Canadian Electronic Library (Firm) (Added Author). Coherent Digital (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary: "In the months following 9/11, while images of the collapsing towers haunted the media, Kenneth Sherman began a course of reading, seeking out authors who believed that literature could address the most extreme circumstances. Sherman contemplates Holocaust survivor Primo Levi, writing under crushing depression; Anne Frank, retaining sanity by diary writing; authors who, though critically ill, persisted in their quest for the right word. The 'furies' in Sherman's title belong to history and what they bring is not only destruction, but the opportunity to transform ourselves."--BOOK JACKET.

Record details

ISBN: 9780889843189 (print)
ISBN: 9781123637649 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 electronic text (170 p.) : ill., digital file.
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Publisher: Erin, Ont. : Porcupine's Quill, c2009

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General Note:	CatMonthString:january.23 Essays. Issued as part of the desLibris books collection. Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Who Knows You Here? -- Are We Not Men? The Island of Doctor Moreau -- Rescuing Isaac -- Yiddish and the Jewish Canon -- Perishing Things and Strange Ghosts -- Varlam Shalamov: Poet of the Frozen Inferno -- Chaim Kaplan's Scroll of Agony -- Vasily Grossman's 'Treblinka' -- Anne Frank and the Search for Self -- Primo Levi and the Unlistened-to Story -- Poetry and Terrorism -- Lowell, Hughes and Bishop -- The Necessity of Poetry: Anthony Hecht's 'The Book of Yolek' -- Toward the Earth: Poetry and 9/11 -- Amis's Atta -- America on Trial: Updike's Terrorist -- The Sorrow of Insoluble Questions: Zbigniew Herbert -- Milosz and the Power of Contradiction -- The Angel of Disease.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
Additional Physical Form available Note:	Also available in print version.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
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Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by Canada Commons.