Description
The Quarrel Between Poetry and Philosophy: Perspectives Across the Humanities is an interdisciplinary study of the abiding quarrel to which poet-philosopher Plato referred centuries ago in the Republic. The book presents eight chapters by four humanities scholars that historically contextualize and cross-interpret aspects of the quarrel in question. The authors share the view that although poets and philosophers continually quarrel, a harmonious union between the two groups is achievable in a manner promising application to a variety of contemporary cultural-political and aesthetic debates, all of which have implications for the current status of the humanities.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter One: Origins of the Quarrel
Chapter Two: Vergil and Broch in Worlds Upside Down: Living the Quarrel
Chapter Three: Lessons, Lies, and Legacies: The Place of Poetry in Thomas More’s Utopia and Philip Sidney’s Defense
Chapter Four: La Malinche and The Noble Lie
Chapter Five: Making and Discovering in Shakespeare’s Sonnets
Chapter Six: Vergil, Broch and a "Place" for Art: Answering the Quarrel
Chapter Seven: Jorge Pimentel: Obfuscation for Clarity’s Sake
Chapter Eight: Turning with Heidegger Towards Poetry
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