Affirmation of Poetry

Balso, Judith; Burk, Drew S. (TRN)

ISBN 10: 1937561178 / ISBN 13: 9781937561178

Verlag: Univocal Publishing, 2014

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Inhaltsangabe:

Since the times of Plato and Aristotle, the relation of poetry to philosophy has been controversial. For certain scholars, poetry should in no way be confused with philosophy. For others, poetry is at the heart of the possibility of thinking itself. In Affirmation of Poetry, Judith Balso defends the significance of poetry as a necessary practice for thinking. For Balso, if reading poetry properly has become an obscure task, poetry itself still carries with it a power of thinking: the efforts of the poets must continue. In analyzing the affirmation of thought found within the work of such poets as Osip Mandelstam, Wallace Stevens, Alberto Caeiro, and Giacomo Leopardi, Balso reestablishes poetry’s place as a site of thought.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Judith Balso teaches poetry and philosophy at the European Graduate School.


Drew S. Burk is a cultural theorist and translator of contemporary French philosophy.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Affirmation of Poetry
Verlag: Univocal Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: As New