Wounds of possibility : essays on George Steiner / edited by Ricardo Gil Soeiro.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Soeiro, Ricardo Gil.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Steiner, George, 1929---Criticism and interpretation.

Steiner, George.

English literature--Criticism and interpretation.

English literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (462 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Bringing together writers, translators, poets, and leading scholars of cultural theory, literary theory, comparative literature, philosophy, history, political science, music studies, and education, The Wounds of Possibility aims to offer an in-depth and

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; 1. INTRODUCTION; I. THE WOUNDS OF BEING; 2.TRANSLATION; 3."THE LONG DAY'S JOURNEY OF THE SATURDAY"; 4. ARISTOTLE AND THOMAS OF AQUINAS IN GEORGE STEINER; 5. GRAMMAR OF HOPE; 6.GEORGE STEINER AU COEUR DU MYSTERE CHRETIEN?; 7. PERSON; 8.STEINER'S 'FALSE DILEMMAS' AND PAUL RICOEUR'S PHILOSOPHY OF MEDIATION; 9. A MEANINGFUL WAGER; II. POETICS OF THE UNWRITTEN; 10. SINS OF OMISSION; 11. LOS LIBROS QUE GEORGE STEINER NO ESCRIBIÓ; 12.LAS PRINCIPALES ENSENANZAS DE GEORGE STEINER; 13. STEINER AS AN EDUCATOR; 14. GEORGE STEINER'S JEWISH PROBLEM

15.GEORGE STEINER AND THE THEOLOGY OF CULTURE16. THE MAGICAL MUSEUM OF REALITY; 17.GEORGE STEINER ON NARRATIVE AND NOVEL; III.'A KIND OF SURVIVOR'; 18. SILENUS'WISDOMAND THE 'CRIME OF BEING'; 19.STEINER'S HOLOCAUST; 20. LANGUAGE, HUMANITY, AND THE HOLOCAUST; 21. THINKING CULTURE AFTER AUSCHWITZ; IV. THE MYSTERIUM TREMENDUM; 22. LA PRESENZA DI VERDI NEGLI SCRITTIDI GEORGE STEINER; 23. MUSIC, MATHEMATICS, AND POETRY; 24. LAST TANGO WITH STEINER; V. 'EVER FAILED. NO MATTER. TRY AGAIN.FAIL AGAIN. FAIL BETTER'; 25. ALLURING ERRATA; 26. THEN (POSSIBLE) REASONSFOR THE SADNESS OF THOUGHT

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ISBN:

1-4438-4516-7