The Revelation of Imagination: From Homer and the Bible Through Virgil and Augustine to Dante

by William Franke

In The Revelation of Imagination, William Franke attempts to focus on what is enduring and perennial rather than on what is accommodated to the agenda of the moment. Franke's book offers re-actualized readings of representative texts from the Bible, Homer, and Virgil to Augustine and Dante. The selections are linked together in such a way as to propose a general interpretation of knowledge. They emphasize, moreover, a way of articulating...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081013182X
• ISBN13: 9780810131828
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"