The Edge of Meaning

by James Boyd White

Book Overview

Certain questions are basic to the human condition: how we imagine the world, and ourselves and others within it; how we confront the constraints of language and the limits of our own minds; and how we use imagination to give meaning to past experiences and to shape future ones. These are the questions James Boyd White addresses in The Edge of Meaning, exploring each through its application to great works of Western culture--Huckleberry...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226894800
• ISBN13: 9780226894805
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.6" x 9.0"