The Poetry of Thought: From Hellenism to Celan

by George Steiner

Book Overview

With his hallmark forceful discernment, George Steiner offers The Poetry of Thought as his magnum opus: an examination of more than two millennia of Western culture that argues on behalf of the essential oneness of great thought and great style. Sweeping yet precise, moving from essential detail to bracing illustration, Steiner spans the entire history of philosophy in the West as it entwines with literature, finding that, as Sartre stated, in all...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811219453
• ISBN13: 9780811219457
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.1"