The Guy Davenport Reader

by Guy Davenport

"The difference between the Parthenon and the World Trade Center, between a French wine glass and a German beer mug, between Bach and John Philip Sousa, between Sophocles and Shakespeare, between a bicycle and a horse, though explicable by historical moment, necessity, and destiny, is before all else a difference of imagination.

The imagination is like the drunk man who has lost his watch, and must get drunk again to find it. It is as intimate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 161902103X
• ISBN13: 9781619021037
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"