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- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- PublishedOn
- 1993-03-16
- Title
- The World of the Imagination: Sum and Substance
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- 9780847677764
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0847677761
ISBN-13
9780847677764
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1498181
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
824 Pages
Publication Name
World of the Imagination : Sum and Substance
Language
English
Publication Year
1993
Subject
Creative Ability, General
Type
Not Available
Subject Area
Reference, Psychology
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.6 in
Item Weight
38.3 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
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Reviews
Eva Brann's book is a very instructive and recommendable interdisciplinary inquiry into the multiple aspects of imagination in the domain of the humanities., "A model of organization." -- New Vico Studies "Its scope is breathtaking, and its argument brilliant. . . . Readers will be seduced into delightful engagement and will emerge enlightened, enlarged, and refreshed. . . . Brann not only writes about meditation, she is herself a wise and skillful mediator between the reader and the world of imagination. Her book is a monumental contribution to scholarship." -- Christianity and Literature "This book is at once the most definitive and the most comprehensive book of its kind ever written. For anyone who wants to know how imagination has been regarded in Western philosophical and psychological, literary, and religious thought, this text is an indispensable resource, a treasure-trove of insight and knowledge." -- Review of Metaphysics "A splendid achievement, a life's work...a monumental contribution to scholarship." --Jonathan Imber, Wellesley College "A scholarly and literary achievement of major proportions. . . . vintage work, the sort of even-handed and tempered scholarship we have come to expect from [Brann]. . . . The bibliographies at the end of each chapter (25 in all) are enough to astound any reader. The scope of this study and the detail of the investigation are truly remarkable. . . . Brann's book is a" -- WORLD "Brann . . . provides a work of astounding amplitude. She is, throughout, perspicacious, erudite, clear, down to earth, crisp, and lively, and she is not afraid to take firm, definite, and sometimes controversial positions. Although there are myriad works on the imagination, there are not any that approach Brann's book in its encyclopedic and insightful coverage. This book will be, for many years to come, the main source for any work on the imagination. It should be in every college and public library." -- Choice Reviews "Eva Brann's book is a very instructive and recommendable interdisciplinary inquiry into the multiple aspects of imagination in the domain of the humanities." -- Utopian Studies Interdi, Brann . . . provides a work of astounding amplitude. She is, throughout, perspicacious, erudite, clear, down to earth, crisp, and lively, and she is not afraid to take firm, definite, and sometimes controversial positions. Although there are myriad works on the imagination, there are not any that approach Brann's book in its encyclopedic and insightful coverage. This book will be, for many years to come, the main source for any work on the imagination. It should be in every college and public library., This book is at once the most definitive and the most comprehensive book of its kind ever written. For anyone who wants to know how imagination has been regarded in Western philosophical and psychological, literary, and religious thought, this text is an indispensable resource, a treasure-trove of insight and knowledge., Its scope is breathtaking, and its argument brilliant. . . . Readers will be seduced into delightful engagement and will emerge enlightened, enlarged, and refreshed. . . . Brann not only writes about meditation, she is herself a wise and skillful mediator between the reader and the world of imagination. Her book is a monumental contribution to scholarship., A scholarly and literary achievement of major proportions. . . . vintage work, the sort of even-handed and tempered scholarship we have come to expect from [Brann]. . . . The bibliographies at the end of each chapter (25 in all) are enough to astound any reader. The scope of this study and the detail of the investigation are truly remarkable. . . . Brann's book is a
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Dewey Decimal
153.3
Intended Audience
Trade
Table Of Content
Preface Introduction Part I: Philosophy: The Nature of the Imagination Chapter 1: Ancient Writers Chapter 2: Medieval Writers Chapter 3: Modern Writers Chapter 4: Twentieth-Century Writers (with Debates and Developments) Chapter 5: Conclusions: Why an Image-Forming Imagination Should, After All, Be Affirmed Part II: Psychology: The Having of Imagery Chapter 1: Cognitive Science: The Setting of Imagery-Investigations Chapter 2: The Science of Mental Imagery: Cognitive Psychology Chapter 3: The Science of Memory: Storage and Retrieval of Visual Imagery Chapter 4: Children's Imagery Chapter 5: Various Imagery-Topics Chapter 6: The Organs of the Imagination: Eye and Brain Part III: Logic: The Being of Images Chapter 1: Real Images: Real Depictions of Real Objects Chapter 2: Mental Images: Unreal Pictures of Real Objects Chapter 3: Imaginary Images: Unreal Pictures of Unreal Objects Part IV: Literature: The Translation of Imagining Chapter 1: Visions into Words and Words into Vision Chapter 2: Literary Creation: Imagining Apotheosized Chapter 3: Literary Language: Two Figures of Speech Chapter 4: Literary Imagining: Two Genres of Fiction Part V: Depiction: The Theater of Imagining Chapter 1: The Space of Imagining Chapter 2: Thoughtful Space: The Geometry of Imagining Chapter 3: Aesthetic Space: Pictures and Paintings Part VI: The Worldly Imagination: Imaginary and Imaginative Visions Chapter 1: Theology: Contrary Estimations of the Imagination Chapter 2: No-Places and Past Times: Imaginary Worlds Chapter 3: Places and Passions: The Imaginative World Conclusion: Imaginative Projection and Thoughtful Penetration: Transparence and Transcendence Coda: The Life of the Imagination Index
Synopsis
In this book, Eva Brann sets out no less a task than to assess the meaning of imagination in its multifarious expressions throughout western history. The result is one of those rare achievements that will make The World of the Imagination a standard reference.
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