The Poetry of Knowledge and the 'Two Cultures' - Couverture rigide

Fitch, John G.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3319895591 ISBN 13 : 9783319895598

Editeur : Springer International Publishing AG, 2018

Synopsis

This book argues that poetry is compatible with systematic knowledge including science, and indeed inherent in it; it also discusses particular poems that engage with such knowledge, including those of Lucretius, Vergil, and Vita Sackville-West. The book argues that there are substantial similarities between knowledge-making and poetry-making, for example in their being shaped by language, including metaphor, and in their seeking unity in the world, under the impulse of eros and pleasure. The book also discusses some of the obstacles to a 'poetry of knowledge', including scientific objectivism, the Kantian tradition in philosophy, and the separation of the 'two cultures' in our academic and intellectual institutions. The book is designed to be accessible to all those interested in the issue of the 'two cultures', or in the role of poetry and of science in contemporary culture.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

John G. Fitch is Professor Emeritus, University of Victoria, Canada. His publications focus on the Roman writer Seneca, and include a two-volume text and translation of Seneca's dramas in the Loeb Classical Library (revised edition 2018). He farmed sheep and fruit trees on Vancouver Island, and published a book of poems on wildflowers of the British Columbia coast (2013).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer International Publishing AG
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3319895591
• ISBN 13: 9783319895598
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 174
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