the university of massachusetts press amherst 1987 (4 results)

21.5 x 15.5cms 162pp b/w Illusts Very Good- Soft Over This philosophical study of Clement Greenberg's Ernst Gombrich's Michael Fried's & Adrian Stokes's writing concludes with the observation that contemporary criticism must account for the critics artists dealers collectors and museums that constitute the art market. It concludes that when contemporary art criticism becomes self-conscious about artwriting's 'inherently suasive role' it can achieve persuasiveness in the marketplace.

Fine 25.5 x 18.0cms 200pp b/w Illusts Very Good Sunned Spine Soft Cover Jackle argues that some spaces have been designed to be beautiful and to appeal to the sightseer. He wants us to appreciate their 'picturesque' 'prospect' and 'refuge' qualities and the details that add character to a place.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Book is as new. DJ is clean but has a few short closed tears at bottom edge of rear panel and a little creasing at the top edge. Now in Brodart archival sleeve. No ownership or other marks. This book was the Lamont Poetry Selection for 1986. ; 8.5 X 6.1 X 0.6 inches; 60 pages.

Macdonald, Ronald R., 1943-. The burial-places of memory: epic underworlds in Vergil, Dante, and Milton. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1987, x, 223pp., good dust-jacket a bit worn and scuffed up, very good red and gray hardcover, light wear to foredges, previous owner's name. CONTENTS: Part I: Vergil: the easy descent from Avernus -- Fatum, fama, infandum -- Homer's Nekuia and Vergil's Descent -- Aeneas and the ferryman -- The discourse of fate -- Part II: Dante: language and history -- The Commedia and the classical tradition -- Vergil's missing name -- The language of the tribe -- Beyond the classical tradition -- Part III: Milton: traditions and the individual talent -- The reluctant speaker -- Metaphor, naming, and presumption -- The lower deep withing the lowest deep -- The compulsion to repeat. 9780870235580 ISBN 0870235583.