Creative Intuition in Art and Poetry

The classic work on the sublime interplay between the arts and poetics

This book explores the rich and complex relationship between art and poetry, shedding invaluable light on what makes each art form unique yet wholly interdependent. Jacques Maritain insists on the part played by the intellect as well as the imagination, showing how poetry has its source in the preconceptual activity of the rational mind. As Maritain argues, intellect is not merely logical and conceptual reason. Rather, it carries on an exceedingly more profound and obscure life, one that is revealed to us as we seek to penetrate the hidden recesses of poetic and artistic activity. Incisive and authoritative, this illuminating book is the product of a lifelong reflection on the meaning of artistic expression in all its varied forms.

About the author

Jacques Maritain (1882-1973) was a leading French philosopher and the author of many books, including Art and Scholasticism, The Degrees of Knowledge, and Existence and the Existent.

Product details

• Authors: Jacques Maritain
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.08.2023
• EAN: 9780691251837
• ISBN: 978-0-691-25183-7
• No. of pages: 528
• Series: The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts; Bollingen Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; The arts: general issues, ART / General, The arts: general topics