Through Narcissus' Glass Darkly: The Modern Religion of Conscience

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Through Narcissus’ Glass Darkly Through Narcissus’ Glass Darkly The Modern Religion of Conscience David S. Pacini f o r d h a m u n i v e r s i t y p r e s s n e w y o r k 2 0 0 8 Copyright 䉷 2008 Fordham University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Fordham University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party Internet websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. ‘‘Tear It Down,’’ ‘‘Exceeding,’’ ‘‘Going There,’’ from The Great Fires: Poems 1982–1992 by Jack Gilbert, copyright 䉷 1994 by Jack Gilbert. Used by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc. ‘‘A Walk Blossoming,’’ ‘‘Horses at Midnight without a Moon,’’ from Refusing Heaven: Poems by Jack Gilbert, copyright 䉷 2005 by Jack Gilbert. Used by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc. ‘‘Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror,’’ copyright 䉷 1974 by John Ashbery, from Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror by John Ashbery. Used by permission of Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the publisher. Printed in the United States of America 10 09 08 5 4 3 2 1 First edition In Memoriam Pierce Louis Pacini ...