Secrets of the oracle :: a history of wisdom from Zeno to Yeats /
What is wisdom? Where does it come from? Where can we find it? And what does it mean in our lives?Shaw explores these questions by turning to the works of wisdom writers, whose words retain their meaning and transformative power even centuries after they were written.
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| Zusammenfassung: | What is wisdom? Where does it come from? Where can we find it? And what does it mean in our lives?Shaw explores these questions by turning to the works of wisdom writers, whose words retain their meaning and transformative power even centuries after they were written. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (x, 387 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-373) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781442697904 1442697903 9781442685307 1442685301 |
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| contents | Introduction -- Part 1 An Owl for Apollo: Wisdom and The Poets -- 1 Descent of the Owl: Philosophy among the Poets -- 2 Tennyson and Zeno: Three Infinities -- 3 How Poets Die to Time: The Sublime Oracle -- 4 Making Peace with Time: The Beautiful Oracle -- 5 The Ruins of Time: The Grotesque Oracle -- Part 2 Homage To Wisdom: From Delphi to Zen -- 6 Wisdom and the Logos: John's Gospel to Four Quartets -- 7 Gnostic Wisdom: Parable and Koan -- 8 Paradox and Oracle: Crucible versus Mirror -- 9 Copy-Speech and Counter-Love: Wordsworth and Frost -- 10 'A River Runs, through It' and Joyce's 'The Dead' -- Part 3 Owls, Bulls, and Serpents: Wisdom or Guile? -- 11 The Wise Owl: George Eliot's Arrested Wit -- 12 The Serpent of Irony: Wisdom or Guile? -- 13 Groucho Marx to Bernard Shaw: The Irish Bull -- 14 Oracles of Wit: Oscar Wilde and Northrop Frye -- Part 4 Wisdom At Gettysburg: Rewriting the Oracles -- 15 From Delphi to Gettysburg: Changing the Covenant -- 16 Coleridge and Huxley: Experiment or Decree? -- 17 Evolving Oracles: Newman, Browning, and Shakespeare -- 18 An Underground Oracle: 'Look in Your Heart and Write. |
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| spelling | Shaw, W. David (William David), author. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjGCtfPWJCJ8gdypDJ3gBq http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85372634 Secrets of the oracle : a history of wisdom from Zeno to Yeats / W. David Shaw. Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2009 (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2010) 1 online resource (x, 387 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-373) and index. Introduction -- Part 1 An Owl for Apollo: Wisdom and The Poets -- 1 Descent of the Owl: Philosophy among the Poets -- 2 Tennyson and Zeno: Three Infinities -- 3 How Poets Die to Time: The Sublime Oracle -- 4 Making Peace with Time: The Beautiful Oracle -- 5 The Ruins of Time: The Grotesque Oracle -- Part 2 Homage To Wisdom: From Delphi to Zen -- 6 Wisdom and the Logos: John's Gospel to Four Quartets -- 7 Gnostic Wisdom: Parable and Koan -- 8 Paradox and Oracle: Crucible versus Mirror -- 9 Copy-Speech and Counter-Love: Wordsworth and Frost -- 10 'A River Runs, through It' and Joyce's 'The Dead' -- Part 3 Owls, Bulls, and Serpents: Wisdom or Guile? -- 11 The Wise Owl: George Eliot's Arrested Wit -- 12 The Serpent of Irony: Wisdom or Guile? -- 13 Groucho Marx to Bernard Shaw: The Irish Bull -- 14 Oracles of Wit: Oscar Wilde and Northrop Frye -- Part 4 Wisdom At Gettysburg: Rewriting the Oracles -- 15 From Delphi to Gettysburg: Changing the Covenant -- 16 Coleridge and Huxley: Experiment or Decree? -- 17 Evolving Oracles: Newman, Browning, and Shakespeare -- 18 An Underground Oracle: 'Look in Your Heart and Write. What is wisdom? Where does it come from? Where can we find it? And what does it mean in our lives?Shaw explores these questions by turning to the works of wisdom writers, whose words retain their meaning and transformative power even centuries after they were written. English. Wisdom History. Wisdom in literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94009160 Wisdom literature Criticism, interpretation, etc. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90002847 Oracles in literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94007489 Sagesse Histoire. Sagesse dans la littérature. Littérature sapientiale Critique, interprétation, etc. Oracles dans la littérature. LITERARY CRITICISM Semiotics & Theory. bisacsh BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Literary. bisacsh Oracles in literature fast Wisdom fast Wisdom in literature fast Wisdom literature fast Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast History fast Print version: 9781442640344 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=682647 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Shaw, W. David (William David) Secrets of the oracle : a history of wisdom from Zeno to Yeats / Introduction -- Part 1 An Owl for Apollo: Wisdom and The Poets -- 1 Descent of the Owl: Philosophy among the Poets -- 2 Tennyson and Zeno: Three Infinities -- 3 How Poets Die to Time: The Sublime Oracle -- 4 Making Peace with Time: The Beautiful Oracle -- 5 The Ruins of Time: The Grotesque Oracle -- Part 2 Homage To Wisdom: From Delphi to Zen -- 6 Wisdom and the Logos: John's Gospel to Four Quartets -- 7 Gnostic Wisdom: Parable and Koan -- 8 Paradox and Oracle: Crucible versus Mirror -- 9 Copy-Speech and Counter-Love: Wordsworth and Frost -- 10 'A River Runs, through It' and Joyce's 'The Dead' -- Part 3 Owls, Bulls, and Serpents: Wisdom or Guile? -- 11 The Wise Owl: George Eliot's Arrested Wit -- 12 The Serpent of Irony: Wisdom or Guile? -- 13 Groucho Marx to Bernard Shaw: The Irish Bull -- 14 Oracles of Wit: Oscar Wilde and Northrop Frye -- Part 4 Wisdom At Gettysburg: Rewriting the Oracles -- 15 From Delphi to Gettysburg: Changing the Covenant -- 16 Coleridge and Huxley: Experiment or Decree? -- 17 Evolving Oracles: Newman, Browning, and Shakespeare -- 18 An Underground Oracle: 'Look in Your Heart and Write. Wisdom History. Wisdom in literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94009160 Wisdom literature Criticism, interpretation, etc. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90002847 Oracles in literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94007489 Sagesse Histoire. Sagesse dans la littérature. Littérature sapientiale Critique, interprétation, etc. Oracles dans la littérature. LITERARY CRITICISM Semiotics & Theory. bisacsh BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Literary. bisacsh Oracles in literature fast Wisdom fast Wisdom in literature fast Wisdom literature fast |
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| title | Secrets of the oracle : a history of wisdom from Zeno to Yeats / |
| title_auth | Secrets of the oracle : a history of wisdom from Zeno to Yeats / |
| title_exact_search | Secrets of the oracle : a history of wisdom from Zeno to Yeats / |
| title_full | Secrets of the oracle : a history of wisdom from Zeno to Yeats / W. David Shaw. |
| title_fullStr | Secrets of the oracle : a history of wisdom from Zeno to Yeats / W. David Shaw. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Secrets of the oracle : a history of wisdom from Zeno to Yeats / W. David Shaw. |
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| title_sort | secrets of the oracle a history of wisdom from zeno to yeats |
| title_sub | a history of wisdom from Zeno to Yeats / |
| topic | Wisdom History. Wisdom in literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94009160 Wisdom literature Criticism, interpretation, etc. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90002847 Oracles in literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94007489 Sagesse Histoire. Sagesse dans la littérature. Littérature sapientiale Critique, interprétation, etc. Oracles dans la littérature. LITERARY CRITICISM Semiotics & Theory. bisacsh BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Literary. bisacsh Oracles in literature fast Wisdom fast Wisdom in literature fast Wisdom literature fast |
| topic_facet | Wisdom History. Wisdom in literature. Wisdom literature Criticism, interpretation, etc. Oracles in literature. Sagesse Histoire. Sagesse dans la littérature. Littérature sapientiale Critique, interprétation, etc. Oracles dans la littérature. LITERARY CRITICISM Semiotics & Theory. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Literary. Oracles in literature Wisdom Wisdom in literature Wisdom literature Criticism, interpretation, etc. History |
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