The vehement passions / Philip Fisher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fisher, Philip, 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emotions (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

x, 268 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2002]

Summary:

"Philip Fisher has written a revisionary history of startling boldness, rereading the authorities in novel and penetrating ways. His conclusions have relevance to the inner lives of us all."--J. M. Coetzee, author of "The Lives of Animals"

"This is really a quite extraordinary work, an attempt to reclaim for modern use a vocabulary we gave up two centuries (or more) ago, and more importantly, to reclaim or re-recognize the intense energies that go with that vocabulary--still present and alive. Fisher's whole project is enormously compelling. Its scope and force are unmistakable, and will provoke important discussions."--Michael Wood, Princeton University

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-261) and indexes.

ISBN:

0691069964

OCLC:

48265651