Grammars of Creation: Originating in the Gifford Lectures for 1990Yale University Press, 1 janv. 2002 - 344 pages "We have no more beginnings,” George Steiner begins in this, his most radical book to date. A far-reaching exploration of the idea of creation in Western thought, literature, religion, and history, this volume can fairly be called a magnum opus. He reflects on the different ways we have of talking about beginnings, on the "core-tiredness” that pervades our end-of-the-millennium spirit, and on the changing grammar of our discussions about the end of Western art and culture. With his well-known elegance of style and intellectual range, Steiner probes deeply into the driving forces of the human spirit and our perception of Western civilization’s lengthening afternoon shadows. |
Table des matières
Section 1 | 2 |
Section 2 | 11 |
Section 3 | 31 |
Section 4 | 39 |
Section 5 | 58 |
Section 6 | 66 |
Section 7 | 71 |
Section 8 | 108 |
Section 12 | 176 |
Section 13 | 181 |
Section 14 | 198 |
Section 15 | 262 |
Section 16 | 266 |
Section 17 | 284 |
Section 18 | 308 |
Section 19 | 321 |
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