Harold Skulsky

Broschiertes Buch

Language Recreated

Seventeenth-Century Metaphorists and the Act of Metaphor

Beschreibung

A searching contribution to the study of what gurative language is and how it works, this book is a guide to the sophisticated and powerful artistry of the seventeenth-century English poets who have come to be known by the misleading name of "Metaphysicals.”

Autor

Harold Skulsky is the Mary Augusta Jordan Professor Emeritus of English Language and Literature at Smith College, and is an adjunct professor of philosophy at Hofstra University. His works include "Spirits Finely Touched: The Testing of Value and Integrity in Four Shakespearean Plays" and "Language Recreated: Seventeenth-Century Metaphorists and the Act of Metaphor" (both Georgia), as well as "Metamorphosis: The Mind in Exile," "Milton and the Death of Man: Humanism on Trial in Paradise Lost," and "Staring into the Void: Spinoza the Master of Nihilism."

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Georgia Press
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 372g
• ISBN-13: 9780820338583
• ISBN-10: 0820338583
• Artikelnr.: 35349496