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22%OFFSusan Stewart - Poetry and the Fate of the Senses - 9780226774145 - V9780226774145
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Poetry and the Fate of the Senses

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Description for Poetry and the Fate of the Senses Paperback. What is the role of the senses in the creation and reception of poetry? This work traces the path of the aesthetic in search of an explanation for the role of poetry in culture. It draws on readings from the ancient Greeks to the postmoderns to explain how poetry creates meaning between persons. Num Pages: 392 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 33. Weight in Grams: 714.
What is the role of the senses in the creation and reception of poetry? How does poetry carry on the long tradition of making experience and suffering understood by others? With Poetry and the Fate of the Senses, Susan Stewart traces the path of the aesthetic in search of an explanation for the role of poetry in our culture. The task of poetry, she tells us, is to counter the loneliness of the mind, or to help it glean, out of the darkness of solitude, the outline of others. Poetry, she contends, makes tangible, visible, and audible the contours of ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Number of Pages
458
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226774145
SKU
V9780226774145
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