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The Poetry of Life in Literature

By Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka (eds.) , Hans H. Rudnick (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
2000
ISBN
978-90-481-5502-6, 978-94-017-3431-8
DOI
10.1007/978-94-017-3431-8
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (14143447 bytes)
Series
Analecta Husserliana 69
Edition
1
Pages
254\247
Time added
2013-12-12 02:00:00
Phenomenology; Philosophy; Aesthetics; Modern Phil

Description

Poetry of life in literature and through literature, and the vast territory in between - as vast as human life itself - where they interact and influence each other, is the nerve of human existence. Whether we are aware of it or not, we are profoundly dissatisfied with the stark reality of life's swift progress onward, and the enigmatic and irretrievable meaning of the past. And so we dramatise our existence, probing deeply for a lyrical and heartfelt yet universally valid sense of our experience. It is in great works of literature that we seek those hidden springs that so move us. It is in honour of this search that this collection focuses on the creative imagination at work in literature and aesthetics.

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