Imagination: A Study in the History of Ideas

by John Cocking

The origins, nature, function and effects of imagination have engrossed writers, theologians, philosophers and practitioners of the arts across the ages; its influence on painting and music continues to be debated. It has been simultaneously feared as a dangerous, uncontrollable force and revered as the supreme visionary power. Cocking's Imagination is an exploration of the history of imagination from antiquity to the Renaissance. The book opens with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415862086
• ISBN13: 9780415862080
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"