The Much-At-Once: Music, Science, Ecstasy, the Body

by Bruce W. Wilshire

Book Overview

In this capstone work, the late Bruce Wilshire seeks to rediscover the fullness of life in the world by way of a more complete activation of the body's potentials. Appealing to our powers of hearing and feeling, with a special emphasis on music, he engages a rich array of composers, writers, and thinkers ranging from Beethoven and Mahler to Emerson and William James.

Wilshire builds on James's concept of the much-at-once to name the superabundance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823268349
• ISBN13: 9780823268344
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"