Dreaming by the book / Elaine Scarry.
Dreaming by the book / Elaine Scarry.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999.
Date
1999.
Call Numbers
N801.95/126
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
292 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents
Pt. 1. Making Pictures. 1. On Vivacity. 2. On Solidity. 3. The Place of Instruction. 4. Imagining Flowers -- Pt. 2. Moving Pictures. 5. First Way: Radiant Ignition. 6. Second Way: Rarity. 7. Third Way: Addition and Subtraction. 8. Fourth Way: Stretching, Folding, and Tilting. 9. Fifth Way: Floral Su...
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Publisher
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1999.
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Summary
"We often attribute to our imaginative life powers that go beyond ordinary perception or sensation. In Dreaming by the Book, the noted scholar Elaine Scarry explores the apparently miraculous processes by which poets and writers confer those powers on us: how they teach us the work of imaginative creation."--BOOK JACKET. "Dreaming by the Book is no...
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Dreaming by the book / Elaine Scarry.
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Notes
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Includes index.
Princeton University edition published in 2001.
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N801.95/126
Record Identifier
74VvW66lGolg
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ISBN
0691070768 (Princeton University ed.)
9780374143985
0374143986
9780691070766 (Princeton University ed.)
DDC
801.95
MMS ID
991011888089702626
