Ruskin's Maze: Mastery and Madness in His Art (Princeton Legacy Library, 246)

Professor Fellows presents a map of Ruskin's mind as it shifts from conditions of mastery to madness. In his study, he examines and transcribes the ways in which Ruskin observed his dislocation of imagination and shows how, in the very process of disintegration; he was enabled by his peculiar genius to transform the effects on his language and conceptualization into new forms of articulation under pain. Originally published in 1981. The **Princeton Legacy Library** uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. The Idea Of Nirvana (pali: Nibbana) Is Alluring But Elusive For Non-specialists And Specialists Alike. Offering His Own Interpretation Of Key Texts, Steven Collins Explains The Idea In A New, Accessible Way - As A Concept, As An Image (metaphor) And As An Element In The Process Of Narrating Both Linear And Cyclical Time. Exploring Nirvana From Literary And Philosophical Perspectives, He Argues That It Has A Specific Role: To Provide T̀he Sense Of An Ending' In Both The Systematic And The Narrative Thought Of The Pali Imaginaire. Translations From A Number Of Texts, Including Some Dealing With Past And Future Buddhas, Enable The Reader To Access Source Material Directly. This Book Will Be Essential Reading For Students Of Buddhism, But Will Also Have Much To Teach Anyone Concerned With Asia And Its Religions, Or Indeed Anyone With An Interest In The Ideas Of Eternal Life Or Timelessness.--book Jacket. Introduction. What Is This Book, And Who Is It For? ; The Discourse Of Felicity : Imagining Happiness ; The Pali Imaginaire ; Eu-topia And Ou-topia ; Notes On The Words Theravāda And Religion -- Systematic And Narrative Thought : Eternity And Closure In Structure And Story. Closure In Systematic Thought ; Closure In Narrative Thought -- Nirvana As A Concept. Action, Conditioning, Time And Timelessness ; Nirvana In Life After Death ; Nirvana Exists ; Can One Desire Nirvana? ; Silence And The Production Of Meaning -- Nirvana As An Image. The Words (pari)nirvāna And (pari)nibbāna : Other Referring Terms And Definite Descriptions ; Two Aporias : Consciousness And Happiness ; Imagery And Expressibility ; Appendix : Happiness In Meditation -- Nirvana, Time, And Narrative. The Myth Of The Myth Of The Eternal Realm ; Individual Versus Collective Time : Can History End : Was Gotama Unique? ; The Sense Of An Ending ; Ending(s) In Narrated Time (erzählte Zeit) : Non-repetitive Time ; Ending(s) In Narrated Time (erzählte Zeit) : Repetitive Time ; Ending As An Event In The Time Of Narration (erzählzeit) -- Past And Future Buddhas. Vaṃsa As A Genre ; Voice And Temporal Perspective In The Chronicle Of Buddhas : Repetitive And Non-repetitive Time Interwoven ; The Story Of The Elder Māleyya And The History Of The Future : Unprecedented Well-being ; Appendix 1 : Selections From The Buddhavaṃsa ; Appendix 2 : The Anāgatavaṃsa -- Conclusion : Modes Of Thought, Modes Of Tradition. By Jay Fellows. Includes Bibliographical References. Professor Fellows presents a map of Ruskin's mind as it shifts from conditions of mastery to madness. In his study, he examines and transcribes the ways in which Ruskin observed his dislocation of imagination and shows how, in the very process of disintegration; he was enabled by his peculiar genius to transform the effects on his language and conceptualization into new forms of articulation under pain. Originally published in 1981. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.