The wake of imagination : ideas of creativity in Western culture / Richard Kearney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kearney, Richard.

Series:

Problems of modern European thought (Hutchinson (Firm))

Problems of modern European thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imagination in literature.

Imagination.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (478 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Hutchinson, 1988.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With his remarkable range of vision, the author takes us on a voyage of discovery that leads from Eden to Fellini, from paradise to parody - plotting the various models of the imagination as: Hebraic, Greek, medieval, Romantic, existential and post-modern.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Imagination Now; The Hebraic Imagination; The Hellenic Imagination; The Medieval Imagination; The Transcendental Imagination; The Existentialist Imagination I; Kierkegaard and Nietzsche; The Existentialist Imagination II; Sartre; The Parodic Imagination; Postmodern Culture: Apocalypse Now?; Conclusion: After Imagination?; Notes; Index;

Notes:

Series statement from jacket.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-134-81259-0

1-134-81260-4

1-280-19552-5

9786610195527

0-203-43062-X

9780203430620

OCLC:

171117241