Dennis Quinn

Iris Exiled

A Synoptic History of Wonder

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Iris Exiled is a critical history of wonder from the Bible and Homer to modern times. Dennis Quinn examines the subject in relation to various disciplines and modes of discourse- philosophy, theology, poetry, art myth, history, rhetoric, psychology, education, and modern science.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 366
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 516g
• ISBN-13: 9780761821793
• ISBN-10: 0761821791
• Artikelnr.: 29158840

Autorenporträt

Dennis Quinn

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Forward
Chapter 2 Preface
Chapter 3 Acknowledgments
Chapter 4 Iris Observed:
Chapter 5 The Name and Nature of Wonder
Chapter 6 Iris Regnant: Wonder in Classical Antiquity and the Christian
Era:
Chapter 7 Youthful Wonder: The Greeks
Chapter 8 Mature Wonder: The Romans
Chapter 9 The Conversion of Wonder: The Christian Era
Chapter 10 Iris Usurped: Wonder in the Modern Age:
Chapter 11 The Early Modern Era
Chapter 12 The Enlightenment
Chapter 13 The Romantic Renaissance of Wonder
Chapter 14 The Later Nineteenth Century
Chapter 15 From Romance to Fantasy-and Beyond
Chapter 16 Iris in Exile:
Chapter 17 Modern Loyalists; Vive la Reigne!
Chapter 18 Bibliography
Chapter 19 Index
Chapter 20 Author Biographical Sketch