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9780151009589

Demon and the Angel : Searching for the Source of Artistic Inspiration

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    9780151009589

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    0151009589

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-03-26
  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Summary

A work of art, whether a painting, a dance, a poem, or a jazz composition, can be admired in its own right. But how does the artist actually create his or her work? What is the source of an artist's inspiration? What is the force that impels the artist to set down a vision that becomes art? In this groundbreaking book, Edward Hirsch explores the concept of duende, that mysterious, highly potent power of creativity that results in a work of art. With examples ranging from Federico Garciacute;a Lorca's wrestling with darkness as he discovered the fountain of words within himself to Martha Graham's creation of her most emotional dances, from the canvases of Robert Motherwell to William Blake's celestial visions, Hirsch taps into the artistic imagination and explains, in terms illuminating and emotional, how different artists respond to the power and demonic energy of creative impulse.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. ix
Only Mysteryp. 1
Invoking the Duendep. 3
Poetic Factp. 5
A Mysterious Powerp. 8
The Hidden Spirit of Disconsolate Spainp. 13
An Apprenticeshipp. 19
Between Eros and Thanatosp. 29
The Majesty of the Incomprehensiblep. 35
A Spectacular Meteorp. 39
Swooping Inp. 45
Ardent Struggle, Endless Vigilp. 49
The Black Paintingsp. 55
The Intermediaryp. 58
Yeats's Daimonp. 65
Ars Poetica?p. 72
A Passionate Ingredientp. 76
The Yearning Cry of a Shadep. 80
I Sing You, Wild Chasmp. 85
Night Workp. 91
Vegetable Life, Airy Spiritp. 96
A Person Must Control His Thoughts in a Dreamp. 101
The Angelic Worldp. 109
The Story of Jacob's Wrestling with an Angelp. 118
Concerning the Angelsp. 126
The Rilkean Angelp. 132
Angel, Still Gropingp. 141
The New Angelp. 147
Three American Angelsp. 152
Demon or Bird!p. 157
Between Two Contending Forcesp. 162
The Sublime Is Nowp. 166
In the Paintingp. 171
Paint It Blackp. 178
Motherwell's Blackp. 184
Deaths and Entrancesp. 191
Ancient Music and Fresh Formsp. 196
America Heard in Rhythmp. 202
Hey, I'm American, So I Played Itp. 207
Fending Off the Duendep. 213
The Existentialist Flatfoot Floogiep. 220
Poet in New Yorkp. 222
Where Is the Angel? Where Is the Duende?p. 229
Notesp. 231
Reading List: The Pleasure of the Textp. 279
Acknowledgmentsp. 303
Permissions Acknowledgmentsp. 304
Indexp. 309
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