The Geography of the Imagination
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The Geography of the Imagination by Guy Davenport
Before the internet, Google, and hyperlinks, Guy Davenport was the original polymath, perhaps the last great American polymath, who provided the links between art and literature, music and sculpture, modernist poets and classic philosophers, the past and present. And pretty much everything in between. Not only has he seemingly read (and often translated from the original languages) everything in print, he also has the ability, expressed with unalloyed enthusiasm, to make the connections, to see how cultural synapses make, define, and reflect our civilization. He serves as our guide through the jungles of history and literature, pointing out the values and avenues of thought that have shaped our ideas and our thinking.Guy Davenport (1927-2005) was born in Anderson, South Carolina, and attended Duke University, Harvard University, and Merton College, Oxford University. He was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Medal and a MacArthur Fellow. He received the Morton Dauwen Zabel Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He was a visual artist who frequently illustrated his own work in addition to being the author of over thirty books of fiction, essays, poetry, and translations. The Guy Davenport Reader (2013) contains a collection of material from the American original polymath.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780865470019 |
| ISBN 10 | 0865470014 |
| Title | The Geography of the Imagination |
| Author | Guy Davenport |
| Series | Geography Of The Imagination Ppr |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | North Point Press |
| Year published | 1983-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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