Spargo R. Clifton Books

R. Clifton Spargo is a novelist and cultural critic whose work delves into the depths of contemporary culture and the human experience. His writing is characterized by a sharp intellect and a profound understanding of the complexities of modern life. As a skilled storyteller, Spargo weaves challenging intellectual concepts with compelling narratives that provoke thought. His contributions to prestigious literary journals and essays demonstrate his ability to blend literary analysis with engaged social commentary.

The Ethics of Mourning
Grief and Responsibility in Elegiac Literature
338 pages
12 hours of reading
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"Beginning from a reevaluation of famously inconsolable mourners ranging from Niobe to Hamlet, R. Clifton Spargo discerns the tendency of all grief to depend at least temporarily upon the refusal of consolation. By disrupting the traditional social and psychological functions of grief, the resistant mourner transforms mourning into a profoundly ethical act. Spargo finds such examples of ethical mourning in opposition to socially acceptable expressions of grief throughout the English and American elegiac tradition. Drawing on the work of Paul Ricoeur, Bernard Williams, and Emmanuel Levinas, his book explores the ethical dimensions of anti-consolatory grief through astute readings of a wide range of texts - including Hamlet and works by Milton and Renaissance elegists; more recent poetry by Dickinson, Shelley, and Hardy; and American Holocaust elegies by Sylvia Plath and Randall Jarrell."--Jacket
Beautiful Fools
Zelda und F. Scott Fitzgerald. Roman
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Eine Hommage an das Jazz-Age-Traumpaar! Hollywood/Havanna 1939: Wilde Zeiten liegen hinter Zelda und F. Scott Fitzgerald, der Glanz des Weltbestsellers Der große Gatsby scheint längst verblasst, als das einstige Glamourpaar der Roaring Twenties zu einer Reise nach Kuba aufbricht – ein letzter Versuch, die turbulenten Jahre hinter sich zu lassen und neu anzufangen … R. Clifton Spargos lebendiges und einfühlsames Porträt des legendären Jazz Age-Traumpaars bietet einen facettenreichen, authentischen Blick hinter die Kulissen einer außergewöhnlichen Künstlerehe und zugleich eine faszinierende Zeitreise in die wilden Zwanziger- und Dreißigerjahre.

The Ethics of Mourning

Beautiful Fools