{"product_id":"of-words-and-music","title":"Of Words and Music","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTK-page paperback \/ 6\" x 9\" \/ ISBN 9781589882256\u003cbr\u003ePublication Date: 6\/8\/2027 (available for pre-order)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf Words and Music \u003c\/em\u003eis a selection of essays by critic and English teacher William H. Pritchard that explores literary and music criticism. Under the section header “Words,” the first ten essays include pieces on Ruben Brower, Samuel Johnson, and George Orwell, among others, writers that Pritchard has chosen for the “sharp intensity of their critical focus.” The second group of essays revolve around music and musical performers from Beethoven to Duke Ellington to Benny Goodman. Spanning the two sections is an autobiographical piece, “My Life in Music,” in which Pritchard considers his career as a teacher, literary critic, and skilled pianist in the attempt to demonstrate the coming together of words and music.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR WILLIAM H. PRITCHARD AND HIS EARLIER BOOKS:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"These pieces reflect Pritchard’s abiding joy in literature, especially poetry . . . Pritchard is demanding, fastidious, and occasionally cantankerous, yet in a refreshing way that reminds readers what it means to care deeply about literature.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003eEar Training\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"What shines through here is Pritchard's passionate commitment to literature and writing in an impoverished academic world. This is a clear-minded and judicious tale of one critic's quest to situate his critical identity in a world that has largely left his kind behind.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/i\u003eon \u003ci\u003eEnglish Papers: A Teaching Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A savvy literary critic . . . Pritchard writes with both uncommon clarity and easygoing erudition.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003eUpdike: America's Man of Letters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Pritchard's sympathetic, kinetic engagement with the canon has always distinguished him from other voices of the academy. Maybe that's because Pritchard believes less in great books than in great writing. His immersion in literature is emotional and philosophical, as well as technical and professional.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003eon \u003ci\u003eTalking Back to Emily Dickinson, and Other Essays\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam H. Pritchard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the author of several essay collections and literary biographies including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRandall Jarrell: A Literary Life, Updike: America’s Man of Letters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEar Training\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Paul Dry Books, 2023), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Frost and Eliot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Paul Dry Books, 2025), a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Outstanding Academic title. He is professor of English emeritus at Amherst College where he taught for sixty years. He lives in western Massachusetts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William H. Pritchard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50575497920752,"sku":null,"price":57.0,"currency_code":"ILS","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0446\/9005\/files\/OfWordsandMusicFINALCOVER.jpg?v=1791315113","url":"https:\/\/www.pauldrybooks.com\/en-il\/products\/of-words-and-music","provider":"Paul Dry Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}