Poetry and Philosophy from Homer to Rousseau: Romantic Souls, Realist Lives (2005)
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- Synopsis
- 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').
- Copyright:
- 2005
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- ISBN-13:
- 9780230502772
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781403944184
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan UK, London
- Date of Addition:
- 12/08/20
- Copyrighted By:
- N/A
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Poetry, Literature and Fiction, Social Studies, Language Arts, Philosophy
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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