The Poetry of Thought

From Hellenism to Celan

George Steiner author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:New Directions Publishing Corporation

Published:18th Mar '14

Should be back in stock very soon

The Poetry of Thought cover

With his hallmark discernment, George Steiner presents in The Poetry of Thought his magnum opus, staking out his claim for the essential oneness of great thought and great style. Steiner spans the entire history of Western philosophy as it entwines with literature, finding that, as Sartre stated, in all philosophy there is "a hidden literary prose."

"No one now writing on literature can match Steiner as polymath and polyglot, and few can equal the verve and eloquence of his writing." -- Robvert Alter - The Washington Post "Illumination and attractively undogmatic" -- The New Yorker

ISBN: 9780811221856

Dimensions: 203mm x 140mm x 18mm

Weight: 255g

224 pages