Rebecca West
Author
Language
English
Description
In this collection of literary criticism, West undertakes the question of art's value, examining the works of her contemporaries and their places in history. "The Strange Necessity," one of the twelve essays collected here and first published in 1928, anchors West's quest to understand why art matters and how aesthetics of every caliber can not only inspire but reveal the author's inner world. Whether juxtaposing Ulysses's prose with Pavlov's research,...