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Secrets of the oracle : a history of wisdom from Zeno to Yeats / / W. David Shaw
| Secrets of the oracle : a history of wisdom from Zeno to Yeats / / W. David Shaw |
| Autore | Shaw W. David (William David) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (400 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809/.93384 |
| Soggetto topico |
Wisdom - History
Wisdom in literature Wisdom literature - Criticism, interpretation, etc Oracles in literature |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-4426-8530-1
1-4426-9790-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One. An Owl For Apollo: Wisdom And The Poets -- 1. Descent Of The Owl: Philosophy Among The Poets -- 2. Tennyson And Zeno: Three Infinities -- 3. How Poets Die To Time: The Sublime Oracle -- 4. Making Peace With Time: The Beautiful Oracle -- 5. The Ruins Of Time: The Grotesque Oracle -- Part Two. Homage To Wisdom: From Delphi To Zen -- 6. Wisdom And The Logos: John's Gospel To Four Quartets -- 7. Gnostic Wisdom: Parable And Koan -- 8. Paradox And Oracle: Crucible Versus Mirror -- 9. Copy-Speech And Counter-Love: Wordsworth And Frost -- 10. 'A River Runs Through It' And Joyce'S 'The Dead' -- Part Three. Owls, Bulls, And Serpents: Wisdom Or Guile? -- 11. The Wise Owl: George Eliot's Arrested Wit -- 12. The Serpent Of Irony: Wisdom Or Guile? -- 13. Groucho Marx To Bernard Shaw: The Irish Bull -- 14. Oracles Of Wit: Oscar Wilde And Northrop Frye -- Part Four. Wisdom At Gettysburg: Rewriting The Oracles -- 15. From Delphi To Gettysburg: Changing The Covenant -- 16. Coleridge And Huxley: Experiment Or Decree? -- 17. Evolving Oracles: Newman, Browning, And Shakespeare -- 18. An Underground Oracle: 'Look In Your Heart And Write' -- Works Cited -- Index -- Backmatter |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458381103321 |
Shaw W. David (William David)
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| Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Secrets of the oracle : a history of wisdom from Zeno to Yeats / / W. David Shaw
| Secrets of the oracle : a history of wisdom from Zeno to Yeats / / W. David Shaw |
| Autore | Shaw W. David (William David) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (400 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809/.93384 |
| Soggetto topico |
Wisdom - History
Wisdom in literature Wisdom literature - Criticism, interpretation, etc Oracles in literature |
| ISBN |
1-4426-9726-1
1-4426-8530-1 1-4426-9790-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Part 1 An Owl for Apollo: Wisdom and The Poets -- 1 Descent of the Owl: Philosophy among the Poets -- 2 Tennyson and Zeno: Three Infinities -- 3 How Poets Die to Time: The Sublime Oracle -- 4 Making Peace with Time: The Beautiful Oracle -- 5 The Ruins of Time: The Grotesque Oracle -- Part 2 Homage To Wisdom: From Delphi to Zen -- 6 Wisdom and the Logos: John's Gospel to Four Quartets -- 7 Gnostic Wisdom: Parable and Koan -- 8 Paradox and Oracle: Crucible versus Mirror -- 9 Copy-Speech and Counter-Love: Wordsworth and Frost -- 10 'A River Runs, through It' and Joyce's 'The Dead' -- Part 3 Owls, Bulls, and Serpents: Wisdom or Guile? -- 11 The Wise Owl: George Eliot's Arrested Wit -- 12 The Serpent of Irony: Wisdom or Guile? -- 13 Groucho Marx to Bernard Shaw: The Irish Bull -- 14 Oracles of Wit: Oscar Wilde and Northrop Frye -- Part 4 Wisdom At Gettysburg: Rewriting the Oracles -- 15 From Delphi to Gettysburg: Changing the Covenant -- 16 Coleridge and Huxley: Experiment or Decree? -- 17 Evolving Oracles: Newman, Browning, and Shakespeare -- 18 An Underground Oracle: 'Look in Your Heart and Write. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791658203321 |
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Shaw W. David (William David)
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| Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Secrets of the oracle : a history of wisdom from Zeno to Yeats / / W. David Shaw
| Secrets of the oracle : a history of wisdom from Zeno to Yeats / / W. David Shaw |
| Autore | Shaw W. David (William David) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (400 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809/.93384 |
| Soggetto topico |
Wisdom - History
Wisdom in literature Wisdom literature - Criticism, interpretation, etc Oracles in literature |
| ISBN |
1-4426-9726-1
1-4426-8530-1 1-4426-9790-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Part 1 An Owl for Apollo: Wisdom and The Poets -- 1 Descent of the Owl: Philosophy among the Poets -- 2 Tennyson and Zeno: Three Infinities -- 3 How Poets Die to Time: The Sublime Oracle -- 4 Making Peace with Time: The Beautiful Oracle -- 5 The Ruins of Time: The Grotesque Oracle -- Part 2 Homage To Wisdom: From Delphi to Zen -- 6 Wisdom and the Logos: John's Gospel to Four Quartets -- 7 Gnostic Wisdom: Parable and Koan -- 8 Paradox and Oracle: Crucible versus Mirror -- 9 Copy-Speech and Counter-Love: Wordsworth and Frost -- 10 'A River Runs, through It' and Joyce's 'The Dead' -- Part 3 Owls, Bulls, and Serpents: Wisdom or Guile? -- 11 The Wise Owl: George Eliot's Arrested Wit -- 12 The Serpent of Irony: Wisdom or Guile? -- 13 Groucho Marx to Bernard Shaw: The Irish Bull -- 14 Oracles of Wit: Oscar Wilde and Northrop Frye -- Part 4 Wisdom At Gettysburg: Rewriting the Oracles -- 15 From Delphi to Gettysburg: Changing the Covenant -- 16 Coleridge and Huxley: Experiment or Decree? -- 17 Evolving Oracles: Newman, Browning, and Shakespeare -- 18 An Underground Oracle: 'Look in Your Heart and Write. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828494203321 |
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Shaw W. David (William David)
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| Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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