02159mam a2200277 a 45000010008000000030004000080050017000120080041000290100017000700200040000870200041001270350023001680350017001910400027002080500020002350820016002551000037002712450099003082600051004073000027004585040066004855050998005515200278015496500015018276500039018422449427OSt20160407020003.0981016s1999    gau      b    001 0 eng    a   98033378   a0865546061 (casebound : alk. paper)  a0865546185 (perfectbd. : alk. paper)  a(OCoLC)ocm40311459  a(NNC)2449427  aDLCcDLCdYDXdOrLoB-B00aPN85b.P36 199900a801/.952211 aPanichas, George A.,d1930-2010.10aGrowing wings to overcome gravity :bcriticism as the pursuit of virtue /cGeorge A. Panichas.  aMacon, Ga. :bMercer University Press,cc1999.  axxii, 340 p. ;c23 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [291]-302) and index.00tForeword /rRobert Drake --gPt. 1.tThe Crisis of Modernism "Turning and Turning in the Widening Gyre"gI.tThe Abyss of Negations.tEverything is Disequilibrium.tThe Woodstock in Ourselves.tBeyond a Certain Point.tThe Eclipse of Excellence.gII.tThe "Terrible Simplifiers"tAbettors of Irreverence.tApologists for Mediocrity.tAgents of Reductionism.tAdvocates of Debasement.tAvatars of Betrayal --gPt. 2.tShepherds of the Peoples "Affirming the Enduring Order of Things"tTeacher and Critic.tThe Moral Imagination.tThe Quest for Transcendence.tA Few Reasonable Words.tMan of Letters.tSapiential Voices.tA Corrective to Darkening Counsel.tThe Discipline of Criticism.tCharacter and Criticism --gPt. 3.tTo See Again the Stars "And the Fire and the Rose Are One"tThe Need for Leadership.tAfter Ideology.tThe Wrestlings of Soul.tMoral Discovery.tSpiritual Heroism.tOrientation toward Something Higher.tKeepers of the Flame.tThe Courage to Go On.tIn Steady Ascension.1 a"Written by a Christian man of letters and addressed to readers concerned with the condition of the modern world, Growing Wings to Overcome Gravity contains interconnected essays that examine moral, spiritual, intellectual, and cultural problems in our time."--BOOK JACKET. 0aCriticism. 0aLiteraturexHistory and criticism.