| The Poetry of Thought: From Hellenism to Celan Contributor(s): Steiner, George (Author) |
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ISBN: 0811221857 ISBN-13: 9780811221856 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Books & Reading - Literary Collections | Essays - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 801 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 7.9" (0.55 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Steiner, George: - 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. |