Inventions of the Imagination: Romanticism and Beyond - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0295990996 ISBN 13: 9780295990996

Casa editrice: Univ of Washington Pr, 2011

Riassunto

The dialectic between reason and imagination forms a key element in Romantic and post- Romantic philosophy, science, literature, and art. Inventions of the Imagination explores the diverse theories and assessments of this dialectic in essays by philosophers and literary and cultural critics. By the end of the eighteenth century, reason as the predominant human faculty had run its course, and imagination emerged as another force whose contributions to human intellectual existence and productivity had to be newly calculated and constantly recalibrated. The attempt to establish a universal form of reason alongside a plurality of imaginative capacities describes the ideological program of modernism from the end of the eighteenth century to the present day. This collection chronicles some of the vicissitudes in the conceptualization and evaluation of the imagination across time and in various disciplines.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Richard T. Gray is the Byron W. and Alice L. Lockwood professor of Germanics at the University of Washington. Nicholas Halmi is University Lecturer in English Literature of the Romantic Period at the University College, Oxford. Gary J. Handwerk is professor of English and comparative literature at the University of Washington. Michael A. Rosenthal is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Washington. Klaus Vieweg is professor of philosophy at Friedrich Shiller University.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Univ of Washington Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0295990996
• ISBN 13: 9780295990996
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 194
• Redattore: Gray Richard T., Halmi Nicholas, Handwerk Gary J., Rosenthal Michael A., Vieweg Klaus
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile