{"product_id":"fear-icons-essays-paperback","title":"Fear Icons: Essays - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKisha Lewellyn Schlegel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Who are we to each other when we're afraid?\" Kisha Lewellyn Schlegel asks in \u003ci\u003eFear Icons\u003c\/i\u003e, her moving and original debut essay collection. Her answer is a lyric examination of the icons that summon and soothe our fears. From Donald Trump to the Virgin Mary, Darth Vader to the Dalai Lama, Schlegel turns cultural criticism personal with bracing intelligence and vulnerability as she explores what it means to be human, a woman, an artist, and, in particular, a parent: what it means to love a child beyond measure, someone so vulnerable, familiar, and strange. Schlegel looks at fear and faith-the ways the two are more similar than we realize-and the many shapes our faith takes, from nationalism to friendship, from art to religious dogma. Each essay is woven through with other voices-Baldwin, Ashbery, Du Bois, Cixous-positioning Schlegel's arguments and meditations within a diverse and dynamic literary lineage. \u003ci\u003eFear Icons\u003c\/i\u003e is a vital and timely inquiry into the complex relationship between love and fear-and the ways that each intensifies the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKisha Lewellyn Schlegel is an essayist and Assistant Professor of English at Whitman College.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 08, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42722548744255,"sku":"9780814254943","price":23.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/4e86cf0920ac9f521f2e538d2f2d61a1.webp?v=1765096130","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/fear-icons-essays-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}