Iris Exiled: A Synoptic History of Wonder - Softcover

Quinn, Dennis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761821791 ISBN 13: 9780761821793

Publisher: University Press of America, 2002

Synopsis

Iris Exiled is a critical history of wonder from the Bible and Homer to modern times. Dennis Quinn examines the subject in relation to various disciplines and modes of discourse philosophy, theology, poetry, art myth, history, rhetoric, psychology, education, and modern science.

About this title

About the Author:

Dennis Quinn is Professor of English at the University of Kansas, Lawrence.

Review:

For readers interested in what a widely read and intelligent intellectual reactionary, not a pundit or a 'culture warrior,' thinks of the history of Western culture and how it relates to our current predicaments, 'Iris Exiled' is a good way to find out. (William E. Burns, Washington, D.C. Sixteenth Century Journal)

Quinn nimbly traverses the historical developments about wonder, persuasively argues his philosophical position, and trenchantly analyzes and interprets as a literary critic. In the end, he has written a fascinating study. I encourage one to read his book: It is the next best thing to matriculating at Kansas University and learning from the master teacher directly. (Curtis L. Hancock, Rockhurst University Review of Metaphysics)

Quinn nimbly traverses the historical developments about wonder, persuasively argues his philosophical position, and trenchantly analyzes and interprets as a literary critic. In the end, he has written a fascinating study. I encourage one to read his book: It is the next best thing to matriculating at Kansas University and learning from the master teacher directly. (Curtis L. Hancock, Rockhurst University Review of Metaphysics)

For readers interested in what a widely read and intelligent intellectual reactionary, not a pundit or a 'culture warrior,' thinks of the history of Western culture and how it relates to our current predicaments, 'Iris Exiled' is a good way to find out. (William E. Burns, Washington, D.C. Sixteenth Century Journal)

About this edition

• Publisher: University Press of America
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0761821791
• ISBN 13: 9780761821793
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 364