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These lectures by one of the most influential and original philosophers of the twentieth century constitute a sustained argument for the philosophical basis of romanticism, particularly in its American rendering. Through his examination of such authors as Emerson, Thoreau, Poe, Wordsworth, and Coleridge, Stanley Cavell shows that romanticism and American transcendentalism represent a serious philosophical response to the challenge of skepticism that underlies the writings of Wittgenstein and Austin on ordinary language.
| ISBN | 0226098184 | | Pages | 213 | | ISBN13 | 9780226098180
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | The University of Chicago Press | | Weight (grammes) | 339 | | Imprint | University of Chicago Press | | Published in | Chicago, IL | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 228 | | Publication date | 01 Sep 1994 | | Width (mm) | 152 | | DEWEY | 810.9003 | | Spine width (mm) | 17 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly |
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| | | Preface and Acknowledgments | | | | 1 | | The Philosopher in American Life (Toward Thoreau and Emerson) | | 3 | | 2 | | Emerson, Coleridge, Kant (Terms as Conditions) | | 27 | | 3 | | Texts of Recovery (Coleridge, Wordsworth, Heidegger...) | | 50 | | 4 | | Recounting Gains, Showing Losses (A Reading of The Winter's Tale) | | 76 | | 5 | | Being Odd, Getting Even (Descartes, Emerson, Poe) | | 105 | | | | Postscript A. Skepticism and a Word concerning Deconstruction | | 130 | | | | Postscript B. Poe's Perversity and the Imp(ulse) of Skepticism | | 137 | | | | Postscript C. The Skeptical and the Metaphorical | | 144 | | 6 | | The Uncanniness of the Ordinary | | 153 | | 7 | | The Fantastic of Philosophy | | 181 | | | | Bibliography | | 189 | | | | Index | | 197 |
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