Poetry and Philosophy from Homer to Rousseau: Romantic Souls, Realist Lives

by Simon Haines

Book Overview

This accessible and jargon-free book features readings of over 20 key texts and authors in Western poetry and philosophy, including Homer, Plato, Beowulf, Dante, Chaucer, Shakespeare and Rousseau. Simon Haines presents a thought-provoking and theoretically aware account of Western literature and philosophy, arguing that the history of both can be seen as a struggle between two different conceptions of the self: the 'romantic' (or dualist) vs the 'realist'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349522414
• ISBN13: 9781349522415
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"