Description: Against Finality by John Beer Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Since the rise of scientific thinking the role of the imagination in literature has been a matter for debate. Is it an essential resource, or a treacherous purveyor of illusions? In this lecture Professor Beer suggests that one result of this uncertainty has been to set up a division between imaginative flights and the weighing of words. Publisher Description Since the rise of scientific thinking in the seventeenth century the role of the imagination in literature has been a matter for debate. Is it an essential resource, as maintained by some Romantic writers, or a treacherous purveyor of illusions? In this lecture Professor Beer suggests that one result of this uncertainty has been to set up a division (which continues to pervade literary enterprises) between imaginative flights on the one hand and the weighing of words on the other. His examples are drawn from a wide range of writers, including Johnson and Dickens, Hopkins and Woolf. The lecture concludes with an examination of two poems by Wordsworth, who is seen as having faced these problems in an unusually intricate and subtle manner. Author Biography John Beer is emeritus professor of English literature at the University of Cambridge. His books include Coleridge the Visionary, Blakes Humanism, and Wordsworth and the Human Heart. Details ISBN 0521459540 ISBN-13 9780521459549 Title Against Finality Author John Beer Format Paperback Year 1993 Pages 52 Publisher Cambridge University Press GE_Item_ID:7724000; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9780521459549
Book Title: Against Finality
Number of Pages: 52 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Against Finality : Inaugural Lecture, Delivered 4th February 1993
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 1993
Item Height: 0.1 in
Subject: Linguistics / Semantics, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Item Weight: 1.8 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: John B. Beer
Item Length: 7.3 in
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines
Item Width: 4.9 in
Format: Trade Paperback
