Canons and Wisdoms

Albert Cook

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 1993

Canons and Wisdoms

Albert Cook

In the series Anniversary Collection

https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512801293

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About this book

An eloquent and original contribution to the ongoing debate about the canon. It is the work of an experienced, erudite, and individualistic scholar working at the intersections of philosophy and literary theory and criticism.

Author / Editor information

Albert Cook was Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature, English, and Classics at Brown University. He was the author of many works of criticism, including History/Writing and Temporalizing Space: The Triumphant Strategies of Piero della Francesca.

Reviews

"Albert Cook considers what it is that perdures in literature, what ensures its survival despite all temptations to reduce poetry to statements or to feelings. Canons and Wisdoms is a fascinating, unique, and irreducible essay. Bearing the fruits of a lifelong meditation, this book is the most challenging and most personal of Cook's works."—Marshall Brown, University of Washington

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	IX
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XI
1. The Canon of Poetry and the Wisdom of Poetry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. “Most Take All”: The Good and the Beautiful in Herbert’s Temple Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
3. Heidegger and the Wisdom of Poetry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
4. Finalities of Utterance and Modalities of Expression Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
5. Sound, Sense, and Religion in the Dialogized Context of Donne’s Poetry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
6. Wisdom and Ethics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Works Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	214

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Edition: Reprint 2016
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 200
Keywords: Literature; Cultural Studies

eBook

Published: November 11, 2016
ISBN: 9781512801293