Wake of Imagination / Edition 1

by Richard Kearney

Overview

If postmodernism glorifies the artificiality of the image, what effect does that have on the authenticity of the imagination? To counter the ways in which the imagination has been undermined, Richard Kearney traces its history, its conceptual origins and mutations. With

his remarkable range of vision, he takes us on a voyage of discovery that leads from Eden to Fellini, from paradise to parody--plotting the various models of the imagination such as Hebrais, Greek, medieval, Romantic, existential, parodic and postmodern. The journey is a revelation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2900415119503
Publication date:	04/28/1988
Pages:	480
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements, Introduction: Imagination Now, PART I: PREMODERN NARRATIVES, Chapter One: The Hebraic Imagination, Chapter Two: The Hellenic Imagination, Chapter Three: The Medieval Imagination, PART II: MODERN NARRATIVES, Chapter Four: The Transcendental Imagination, Chapter Five: The Existentialist Imagination I—Kierkegaard and Nietzsche, Chapter Six: The Existentialist Imagination II—Sartre, PART III: POSTMODERN NARRATIVES, Chapter Seven: The Parodic Imagination, Chapter Eight: Postmodern Culture: Apocalypse Now?, Conclusion: After Imagination?, Notes, Index