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Poetry and Philosophy from Homer to Rousseau
S. Haines
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Description for Poetry and Philosophy from Homer to Rousseau
Paperback. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSBB; DSC; HPC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
Number of Pages
214
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349522415
SKU
V9781349522415
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99-15
About S. 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