| Author/Contributor(s): | Robertson, Robin |
| Publisher: | Harper Perennial |
| Date: | 4/5/2005 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
Humiliation is not, of course, unique to writers. However, the world of letters does seem to offer a near-perfect micro-climate for embarrassment and shame. There is something about the conjunction of high-mindedness and low income that is inherently comic; something about the very idea of deeply private thoughts -- carefully worked and honed into art over the years -- being presented to a public audience of dubious strangers, that strays perilously close to tragedy. These seventy contributions prove it is possible to reverse Auden's dictum: that art is born out of humiliation.