Lyric Humanity from Virgil to Flaubert

by Ullrich Langer

Book Overview

From the Georgics of Virgil to Flaubert's landscapes of happiness, Ullrich Langer argues that lyric representation holds a particular power to address our humanity. Ranging across a vast chronology, the book investigates how such poetry and prose activates our capacities for empathy, equity, irony and reasoning, while educating us in pleasure and helping us comprehend death. Each chapter constitutes a fresh encounter with some of the most celebrated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009225251
• ISBN13: 9781009225250
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"