Poetics and praxis, understanding and imagination : the collected essays of O.B. Hardison, Jr. / edi...
Poetics and praxis, understanding and imagination : the collected essays of O.B. Hardison, Jr. / edi...
Poetics and praxis, understanding and imagination : the collected essays of O.B. Hardison, Jr. / edited by Arthur F. Kinney.
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Athens : University of Georgia Press, c1997.
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N809/254
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English
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xvi, 457 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Pt. 1. Introduction. In Praise of the Essay -- Pt. 2. Poetics. Aristotle and Averroes. The Orator and the Poet: The Dilemma of Humanist Literature. Blank Verse before Milton. The Two Voices of Sidney's Apology for Poetry. Three Types of Renaissance Catharsis -- Pt. 3. Praxis. Tudor Humanism and Surr...
A Tree, a Streamlined Fish, and a Self-Squared Dragon: Science as a Form of Culture. The Disappearance of Man.
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Athens : University of Georgia Press, c1997.
Place of Publication
Georgia
Date Published
c1997.
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Summary
Whether O.B. Hardison Jr. (1929-1990) wrote about government's responsibility to the arts and humanities, film adaptations of Shakespeare's play, Dadaist poetry, or modern and postmodern design and architecture, his chosen form was the essay. Showcasing Hardison's mastery of the essay's power to instruct, persuade, and provoke, the twenty-five sele...
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Poetics and praxis, understanding and imagination : the collected essays of O.B. Hardison, Jr. / edited by Arthur F. Kinney.
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Poetics & praxis, understanding & imagination.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-419) and index.
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c1997.
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N809/254
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0820318191 (alk. paper)
9780820318196 (alk. paper)
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809
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991004462469702626
