| Frontiers of Consciousness: Interdiscilipinary Studies in American Philosophy and Poetry Contributor(s): Scott, Stanley (Author) |
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ISBN: 0823213021 ISBN-13: 9780823213023 Publisher: Fordham University Press OUR PRICE: $76.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1991 Annotation: The studies in this book examine the way the problem of consciousness is treated by American philosophers and poets of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They are creative essays that recognize the presence of philosophical ideas in poetry, and perceive poetic qualities of thought and expression in the work of philosophers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Mind & Body |
| Dewey: 811.509 |
| LCCN: 90082896 |
| Lexile Measure: 1560 |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 6.19" W x 9.31" (0.90 lbs) 156 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Frontiers of Consciousness is a study of the problem of consciousness in a historic period of revolutionary change, and an authentic example of interdisciplinary studies.The book contains a wealth of insight into the conceptual interrelationships between the work of the American philosophers who have been called the Builders (William James, Josiah Royce, Charles Peirce, and John Dewey) and the work of three great modernist poets (T. S. Eliot, Wallace Stevens, and William Carlos Williams). |
Contributor Bio(s): Scott, Stanley: - Stanley J. Scott is Associate Professor of English and Philosophy at the University of Maine. |
