{"product_id":"the-madness-of-art-interviews-with-poets-and-writers-hardcover","title":"The Madness of Art: Interviews with Poets and Writers - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Phillips's conversational yet penetrating approach yields self-assessments that read like new essays by the writers themselves. Conducted over the course of twenty years, many of these pieces were first published in the\u003ci\u003e Paris Review. \u003c\/i\u003eTaken from a passage Henry James, the title speaks to the\" madness\" that drives our greatest works of creativity. Phillips's interviews bring out this \"madness\" in its most important sense: the writers are seers and visionaries, whose works inspire us beyond the limits of reason. The conversations recorded in \u003ci\u003eThe Madness of Art\u003c\/i\u003e attain that same level of inspiration and power. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePhillips questions his interviewees about their work methods, daily lives, influences, sources of inspiration, relationship to other literary figures, response to critics, choice of genre, audience, and reasons for writing.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e is John and Rebecca Moores Professor of English at the University of Houston. He has published numerous books of poetry, fiction, criticism, and editions of literary works, including \u003ci\u003eThe New Selected Poems of Marya Zaturenska, \u003c\/i\u003ealso published by Syracuse University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 244\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 9.36 x 6.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52877689913568,"sku":"9780815607830","price":36.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/8lX0R0HECx9780815607830.webp?v=1781284847","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/the-madness-of-art-interviews-with-poets-and-writers-hardcover","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}