Poiesis and Modernity in the Old and New Worlds

Author/Contributor(s):	Cascardi, Anthony J ; Middlebrook, Leah
Publisher:	Vanderbilt University Press
Date:	03/12/2012
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

This broad-ranging exploration argues that there was a special preoccupation with the nature and limits of poetry in early modern Spain and Europe, as well as especially vigorous poetic activity in this period. Contrary to what one might read in Hegel, the prosification of the world has remained an unfinished affair.