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Poetry and Philosophy from Homer to Rousseau
Simon Haines
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Description for Poetry and Philosophy from Homer to Rousseau
Hardback. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 445.
This accessible and jargon-free book features readings of over 20 key texts and authors in Western poetry and philosophy, including Homer, Plato, Beowulf , Dante, Chaucer, Shakespeare and Rousseau. Simon Haines presents a thought-provoking and theoretically aware account of Western literature and philosophy, arguing that the history of both can be seen as a struggle between two different conceptions of the self: the 'romantic' (or dualist) vs the 'realist' or ('extended').
This accessible and jargon-free book features readings of over 20 key texts and authors in Western poetry and philosophy, including Homer, Plato, Beowulf , Dante, Chaucer, Shakespeare and Rousseau. Simon Haines presents a thought-provoking and theoretically aware account of Western literature and philosophy, arguing that the history of both can be seen as a struggle between two different conceptions of the self: the 'romantic' (or dualist) vs the 'realist' or ('extended').
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
Number of Pages
214
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403944184
SKU
V9781403944184
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Ref
99-15
About Simon Haines
SIMON HAINES is a member of the English Department in the School of Humanities at the Australian National University, Australia. He has also been a banker, a diplomat and an intelligence analyst. He is the author of Shelley's Poetry: The Divided Self (Macmillan, 1997) and a number of articles on poetry (especially Romantic and post-Romantic), and the connections between poetry ... Read more
Reviews for Poetry and Philosophy from Homer to Rousseau
'...this is a hugely impressive book - vast in scope and conception, powerful in execution and...meticulous in detail and reference.' - Stephen Prickett, Regius Professor Emeritus of English, Glasgow University