{"product_id":"falling-upwards-essays-in-defense-of-the-imagination-hardcover-2","title":"Falling Upwards: Essays in Defense of the Imagination - 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\u003eLee Siegel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSex and the City, Saul Bellow, \u003ci\u003eEyes Wide Shut\u003c\/i\u003e, Dante and the American self, Barbara Kingsolver, acting in Hollywood, Soviet painting in Soho, \u003ci\u003eAngels in America\u003c\/i\u003e, Jane Austen in the present, J.K. Rowling -- nothing escapes Lee Siegel's incandescent eye. Siegel possesses an intellectual range and independent perspective unmatched by his peers, and \u003ci\u003eFalling Upwards\u003c\/i\u003e brings together the best of his essays, all of them rich with the trades mark wit and intelligence that have won him many friends and a few enemies. In these essential writings, Siegel deftly uses the occasion of a book, film, painting, or television show not merely to appraise it, but to make sense of life in a way that is more defiant of impoverished cultural \"norms\" than most contemporary artistic expression. Guided by the belief that a calculating self-interest in art-making diminishes the prospects for the imagination in life, Siegel celebrates authentic sensibilities and lambasts manufactured sentiments. With uncanny insight, yet also with incomparable logic and analytical rigor, he has invented a new idiom in which the language of criticism embodies the playful, creative, synthesizing power that has been largely abdicated by the arts in our time. In writing about works of culture, Siegel has created a standard by which to judge them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLee Siegel\u003c\/b\u003e is a renowned critic and essayist whose writing appears in \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Republic, Time\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. He received the 2002 National Magazine Award for Reviews and Criticism. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eFalling Upwards\u003c\/i\u003e. Siegel is a senior editor at the \u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives with his wife and child in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.28 x 8.61 x 5.96 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45836038373573,"sku":"9780465078004","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/6SxJxrOkIt9780465078004_79e3c543-14a0-400a-a089-5d852adb1e9c.webp?v=1771259138","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/falling-upwards-essays-in-defense-of-the-imagination-hardcover-2","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}