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Allegory Revisited
Anna-Teresa . Ed(S): Tymieniecka
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Hardback. With an investigation of the anthropologico-ontopoietic sources of the life-significance of literature by unravelling the function of imaginatio creatrix in man's self interpretation-in-existence, this collection seeks to bring forth the royal role of allegory in the fostering of culture. Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 428 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 812.
Focusing mainly upon language, communication, textuality, etc., as is overwhelmingly today's fashion, we miss the very raison d'etre of literature and language itself. Moving a step further in our investigation of the anthropologico-ontopoietic sources of the life-significance of literature by unravelling the function of imaginatio creatrix in man's self interpretation-in-existence, this collection seeks to bring forth the royal role of allegory in the fostering of culture. A conjoint work of human elemental passions and of the human spirit, allegory mediates between lofty ideals of the highest human strivings and ... Read more
Focusing mainly upon language, communication, textuality, etc., as is overwhelmingly today's fashion, we miss the very raison d'etre of literature and language itself. Moving a step further in our investigation of the anthropologico-ontopoietic sources of the life-significance of literature by unravelling the function of imaginatio creatrix in man's self interpretation-in-existence, this collection seeks to bring forth the royal role of allegory in the fostering of culture. A conjoint work of human elemental passions and of the human spirit, allegory mediates between lofty ideals of the highest human strivings and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
428
Condition
New
Series
Analecta Husserliana
Number of Pages
413
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792323129
SKU
V9780792323129
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