9780817306960 - The Rape of the Text: Reading and Misreading Pope's Essay on Man von Solomon, Harry M. (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. 1st Edition. First printing. New/New. Still in original shrink-wrap! Perfect, unread copy. Deconstructs the history and criticism of Alexander Pope's best-known philosophical poem to account for and to reverse over 200 years of deformation and trivialization of Pope's text by literary critics, philosophers and historians. 245 pages. SALE.

Zustand: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pen markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:081730696X.

Hardcover with dust jacket. Zustand: Sehr gut. 245 p. Sehr gutes Exemplar ohne Anstreichungen / a good copy without markings. - First published in 1733-1734, An Essay on Man, Alexander Popes best-known philosophical poem, was highly praised by many of Popes European contemporaries, including Voltaire, Rousseau, Kant, and Hume. Voltaire called An Essay on Man the most beautiful, most useful, most sublime didactic poem in the English language, but what was formerly regarded as the pinnacle of 18th- century poetry now languishes largely unread or misread as a quaint period piece. Harold Bloom recently described the Essay as a poetic disaster of absurd theodicy. The Rape of the Text deconstructs the history of criticism of An Essay on Man to account for and to reverse over two hundred years of deformation and trivialization of Popes text by literary critics, philosophers, and historians of ideas. / CONTENTS Acknowledgments Introduction: A Poetic Disaster 1. Trivializing An Essay on Man 2. Disseminating Theodicy 3. The Self as Aporia 4. Optimism and Pessimism 5. Academic Discourse 6. Paradox Against the Orthodox Conclusion: Naturalizing Philosophical Poetry Notes Bibliography Index. ISBN 9780817306960 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 563.