Publication

2002 - Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, Pa, Pennsylvania

Language

English

Word Count

56,000 words, Guess

Page Count

224 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Goodreads461986
  • LibraryThing1085921

Classifications

  • DDC811/.54
  • LCCPS3569.I4725 Z76 2002

Description

"Some poems can change our lives, they lead us to look at the world through new eyes. In this book, inspired by Martin Heidegger - who found in poetry the most fundamental insights into the human condition - John Lysaker develops a concept of ur-poetry to explore philosophically how poetic language creates fresh meaning in our world and transforms the way in which we choose to live in it.". "Not limited to a single poem or collection of poems, ur-poetry arises when, in the interaction of an author's principal tropes, the origin of poetry is exposed as a process whereby words with inherited meaning take on a new poetic life that draws our attention to the "birth of sense" - the manner in which the manifold realities that surround us are revealed. And it is precisely through an experience of the birth of sense that we are able to understand and dwell differently among these realities."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Topics

PoetryAestheticsAmerican and foreignForeign and AmericanComparative LiteratureHeidegger, martin, 1889-1976Criticism and interpretation

Series Statement

  • American and European philosophy

Other Editions

  • You must change your life: poetry, philosophy, and the birth of sensePennsylvania State University Press2002-01-01

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