Open Secrets / Inward Prospects: Reflections on World and Soul Contributor(s): Brann, Eva (Author) |
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ISBN: 1589880196 ISBN-13: 9781589880191 Publisher: Paul Dry Books OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2004 Annotation: Observations and maxims written over a thirty-year span by a longtime member of the senior faculty at St. John's College in Annapolis. Entries divide in a rough but ready way into two sorts: observations about our external world, well known to all but not always openly told; and sightings of internal vistas and omens, wherein the author looks at herself as a sample soul. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Self-help | Motivational & Inspirational |
Dewey: 110 |
LCCN: 2004017933 |
Physical Information: 1.29" H x 4.78" W x 7.36" (0.93 lbs) 378 pages |
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Publisher Description: In her latest book, Eva Brann has collected observations and aphorisms written over more than thirty years. Open Secrets / Inward Prospects divides in a rough but ready way into two sorts: observations about our external world well known to all but not always openly told, and sightings of internal vistas and omens, wherein she looks at herself as a sample soul. Often the aphorisms balance opposing thoughts, as if the writer were--simultaneously--on both ends of the seesaw. In the preface Eva Brann describes her manner of composition: I wrote these thoughts down on about two thousand sheets, two to three thoughts per paper, and I kept them in some used manila envelopes, the earliest of which bore a postmark of 1972. Eva Brann is a member of the senior faculty at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, where she has taught for over fifty years. She is a recipient of the National Humanities Medal. Her other books include The Logos of Heraclitus, Feeling Our Feelings, Homage to Americans, The Music of the Republic, Un-Willing, Then and Now, and Homeric Moments (all published by Paul Dry Books). |