World of the Imagination

Sum and Substance

Häftad, Engelska, 1993

Av Eva T. H. Brann

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In this book, Eva Brann sets out no less a task than to assess the meaning of imagination in its multifarious expressions throughout western history. The result is one of those rare achievements that will make The World of the Imagination a standard reference.

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Utgivningsdatum1993-03-16
Mått156 x 233 x 45 mm
Vikt1 120 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor824
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780847677764

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PrefaceIntroductionPart I: Philosophy: The Nature of the ImaginationChapter 1: Ancient WritersChapter 2: Medieval WritersChapter 3: Modern WritersChapter 4: Twentieth-Century Writers (with Debates and Developments)Chapter 5: Conclusions: Why an Image-Forming Imagination Should, After All, Be AffirmedPart II: Psychology: The Having of ImageryChapter 1: Cognitive Science: The Setting of Imagery-InvestigationsChapter 2: The Science of Mental Imagery: Cognitive PsychologyChapter 3: The Science of Memory: Storage and Retrieval of Visual ImageryChapter 4: Children’s ImageryChapter 5: Various Imagery-TopicsChapter 6: The Organs of the Imagination: Eye and BrainPart III: Logic: The Being of ImagesChapter 1: Real Images: Real Depictions of Real ObjectsChapter 2: Mental Images: Unreal Pictures of Real ObjectsChapter 3: Imaginary Images: Unreal Pictures of Unreal ObjectsPart IV: Literature: The Translation of ImaginingChapter 1: Visions into Words and Words into VisionChapter 2: Literary Creation: Imagining ApotheosizedChapter 3: Literary Language: Two Figures of SpeechChapter 4: Literary Imagining: Two Genres of FictionPart V: Depiction: The Theater of ImaginingChapter 1: The Space of ImaginingChapter 2: Thoughtful Space: The Geometry of ImaginingChapter 3: Aesthetic Space: Pictures and PaintingsPart VI: The Worldly Imagination: Imaginary and Imaginative VisionsChapter 1: Theology: Contrary Estimations of the ImaginationChapter 2: No-Places and Past Times: Imaginary WorldsChapter 3: Places and Passions: The Imaginative WorldConclusion: Imaginative Projection and Thoughtful Penetration: Transparence and TranscendenceCoda: The Life of the ImaginationIndex