Rift in the Lute - Attuning Poetry and Philosophy

Zusatztext Deeply attentive engagement with Shakespeares sonnets. Informationen zum Autor Maximilian de Gaynesford is Professor of Philosophy and Head of Department at the University of Reading. Formerly a Fellow of Lincoln College Oxford and a Professor at the College of William and Mary, he is the author of I: The Meaning of the First Person Term (2006), Hilary Putnam (2006), and John McDowell (2004), as well as of papers in philosophical logic, the philosophy of mind and language, ethics and aesthetics. Klappentext What is it for poetry to be serious and to be taken seriously? What is it to be open to poetry, attuned to what it says, alive to what it does? These questions call equally on poetry and philosophy, but poetry and philosophy have an ancient quarrel. Maximilian de Gaynesford converts their mutual antipathy into something mutually enhancing. Zusammenfassung What is it for poetry to be serious and to be taken seriously? What is it to be open to poetry, attuned to what it says, alive to what it does? These questions call equally on poetry and philosophy, but poetry and philosophy have an ancient quarrel. Maximilian de Gaynesford converts their mutual antipathy into something mutually enhancing. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I: Sense and Sensitivity 1: Austin's Remarks 2: Poets and Critics 3: Philosophers 4: What Matters 5: Truth 6: Action 7: Responsibility Part II: Doing Things with Attunement 8: Chaucer Type 9: Elaborating the Type 10: Four Features 11: Four Poets 12: Shakespeare's Sonnets 13: Phrasing 14: Naming 15: Securing 16: Doing 17: Doing Time Conclusion: Weaving New Webs Bibliography Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Maximilian de Gaynesford, Maximilian (College of William and De Gaynesford, Maximilian (University of Reading) De Gaynesford, de Gaynesford Maximilian, Maximilian de Gaynesford
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 20.04.2017
• EAN: 9780198797265
• ISBN: 978-0-19-879726-5
• Pagine: 312
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; PHILOSOPHY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, Popular philosophy, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary theory, Literary studies: poetry and poets