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The Poetry of Thought: From Hellenism to Celan
George Steiner
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Description for The Poetry of Thought: From Hellenism to Celan
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
With his hallmark discernment, George Steiner presents in The Poetry of Thought his magnum opus, staking out his claim for the essential oneness of great thought and great style. Steiner spans the entire history of Western philosophy as it entwines with literature, finding that, as Sartre stated, in all philosophy there is "a hidden literary prose."
With his hallmark discernment, George Steiner presents in The Poetry of Thought his magnum opus, staking out his claim for the essential oneness of great thought and great style. Steiner spans the entire history of Western philosophy as it entwines with literature, finding that, as Sartre stated, in all philosophy there is "a hidden literary prose."
Product Details
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
254g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780811221856
SKU
V9780811221856
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About George Steiner
Extraordinary Fellow of Churchill College at Cambridge University and the author of dozens of books (The Death of Tragedy, After Babel, Martin Heidegger, In Bluebeard’s Castle), George Steiner is one of the world’s foremost intellectuals.
Reviews for The Poetry of Thought: From Hellenism to Celan
"No one now writing on literature can match Steiner as polymath and polyglot, and few can equal the verve and eloquence of his writing."
Robvert Alter - The Washington Post "Illumination and attractively undogmatic"
The New Yorker
Robvert Alter - The Washington Post "Illumination and attractively undogmatic"
The New Yorker