Into the Open: Reflections on Genius and Modernity

by Benjamin Taylor

Into the Open is a philosophical and literary inquiry into the deeper meanings of genius. What precisely do we mean when we describe someone this way? What legacy do we invoke when we apply this term?
To address this question, Benjamin Taylor here explores how three great minds--Walter Pater, Paul Valry, and Sigmund Freud--viewed a figure widely considered the first great modern genius, Leonardo da Vinci. For each of these great thinkers,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814782132
• ISBN13: 9780814782132
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"