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Revelation of Imagination
William Franke
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Description for Revelation of Imagination
Paperback. Focuses on what is enduring and perennial rather than on what is accommodated to the agenda of the moment. William FrankeAEs book offers re-actualized readings of representative texts from the Bible, Homer, and Virgil to Augustine and Dante. The selections are linked together in such a way as to propose a general interpretation of knowledge. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
In The Revelation of Imagination, William Franke attempts to focus on what is enduring and perennial rather than on what is accommodated to the agenda of the moment. Franke’s book offers re-actualized readings of representative texts from the Bible, Homer, and Virgil to Augustine and Dante. The selections are linked together in such a way as to propose a general interpretation of knowledge. They emphasize, moreover, a way of articulating the connection of humanities knowledge with what may, in various senses, be called divine revelation. This includes the sort of inspiration to which poets since Homer have typically laid claim, ... Read more
In The Revelation of Imagination, William Franke attempts to focus on what is enduring and perennial rather than on what is accommodated to the agenda of the moment. Franke’s book offers re-actualized readings of representative texts from the Bible, Homer, and Virgil to Augustine and Dante. The selections are linked together in such a way as to propose a general interpretation of knowledge. They emphasize, moreover, a way of articulating the connection of humanities knowledge with what may, in various senses, be called divine revelation. This includes the sort of inspiration to which poets since Homer have typically laid claim, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810131828
SKU
V9780810131828
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About William Franke
William Franke is a professor of comparative literature and religious studies at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee, USA.
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