Canons and Wisdoms

by Albert Stanburrough Cook

In Canons and Wisdoms, Albert Cook addresses what is arguable the most profound question about poetry and literature: What is its human value? Cook claims that the value lies in the special yield of wisdom rich, full, and not available in other forms of human discourse. This somewhat traditional position is reinforced by the related arguments of such philosophers as Adorno and Heidegger, and by other works in Renaissance poetry and modern...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812232046
• ISBN13: 9780812232042
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"