Vol. 40 No. 2 1973 - page 173

Culture and the Radical Conscier,ce
Eugene Goodheart
"This book." says Philip Rahv. "is a highly cogent, powerfully
reasoned statement in defense of culture against its latter-day
detractors." Rejecting not only the radicals' contempt" for high cul–
ture. but also the -pedantry and apathy of those who are considered
its custodians. Eugene Goodheart condemns both as philistine and
seeks
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fresh definition of the value of culture.
$7.95
Six
Existe~tial
Heroes
The Politics of Faith
Lucio P. Ruotolo
Mr. Ruotolo's critical work traces the existential idea of the courage
to live with "nothing" through the works of six novelists (Virginia
Woolf. Graham Greene, William Golding, William Faulkner. Ralph
Ellison. and Bernard Malamud). As shown here. these novelists share
a similar vision of what it means to be human in the twentieth
century.
Winner oj the Thomas
J.
Wilsoll Memorial Prize.
$8.00
The Unknown Distance
From Consciousness to Conscience
Goethe to Camus
Edward Engelberg
Arguing that Conscience and Consciousness have slowly drifted
apart from their once nearly identical meaning, inward knowledge of
oneself. the author illustrates how this division has shaped the art
and attitudes of writers and philosophers. from the Romantics to the
moderns. He concludes that the cleavage of Conscience from Con–
sciousness is untenable.
$12.00
Circles Without Center
Paths to the Discovery and Creation of Self
Enrico Garzilli
The search for self-discovery in the works of Beckett, Borges,
Faulkner. Gide. Joyce. Pirandello. Robbe-Grillet, and Valery is
traced through probing :discussions of solitude and togetherness, the
role of myth.
th~
use of masks, the expressive qualities of literary
form, and the significance of symbols. especially the labyrinth and
the circle.
$7.50
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