Rational Meaning: A New Foundation for the Definition of Words and Supplementary Essays

by Laura (Riding) Jackson and Schuyler B. Jackson

Existing only in manuscript since the 1940s but enjoying an underground reputation among friends and advocates, this primary document by one of the most original and influential of American poets and thinkers is now being published as Rational Meaning, Laura (Riding) Jackson's testament of the necessity of living for truth. Begun as a dictionary and thesaurus in the 1930s, the work developed into a fundamental reevaluation of language itself. Riding,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813916828
• ISBN13: 9780813916828
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 598 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.6" x 9.6"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher