One of the most sinuous stylists and searching minds of the twentieth century.Washington Postampamp10Forty essays on history art and literature to lift your mind and spirit. Guy Davenport provides links between music and sculpture modernist poets and classic philosophers the past and presentampamp8212and pretty much everything in between. Not only had Davenport seemingly read and often translated from the original languages everything ever written he also had the ability expressed with unalloyed enthusiasm to draw connections between how cultural synapses make define and reflect our civilization.Davenport serves as the readers guide through history and literature pointing out the values and avenues of thought that have shaped our ideas and our thinking.