The Quarrel Between Poetry and Philosophy Perspectives Across the Humanities : Perspectives Across the Humanities

__The Quarrel Between Poetry and Philosophy: Perspectives Across the Humanities__ is an interdisciplinary study of the abiding quarrel to which poet-philosopher Plato referred centuries ago in the __Republic.__ The book presents eight chapters by four humanities scholars that historically contextualize and cross-interpret aspects of the quarrel in question. The authors share the view that although poets and philosophers continually quarrel, a harmonious union between the two groups is achievable in a manner promising application to a variety of contemporary cultural-political and aesthetic debates, all of which have implications for the current status of the humanities. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Contents Permissions Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Origins of the Quarrel 2 Vergil and Broch in Worlds Upside Down: Living the Quarrel Between Poetry and Philosophy 3 Lessons, Lies, and Legacies: The Place of Poetry in Thomas More’s Utopia and Philip Sidney’s Defense of Poesy 4 La Malinche and the Noble Lie 5 Making and Discovering in Shakespeare’s Sonnets 6 Vergil, Broch, and a “Place” for Art: Answering the Quarrel 7 Jorge Pimentel: Obfuscation for Clarity’s Sake 8 Turning With Heidegger Towards Poetry Coda Index