Love’s Shadow

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Love’s Shadow is written by Paul A. Bové and published by Harvard University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0674249879 (ISBN 10) and 9780674249875 (ISBN 13).

It is no wonder literary criticism is so sullen. It is too philosophical, too much indebted to the dour Walter Benjamin, wedded to aestheticized helplessness. Lit crit needs new inspirations: the sober cheer of Wallace Stevens; the loving eye of Rembrandt; romance, melodrama, and wit. Let there be more poetry, Paul Bové says, and less cynicism.