Real Presences
University of Chicago Press, 1989
Cloth: 978-0-226-77233-2 | Paper: 978-0-226-77234-9
Library of Congress Classification P106.S773 1989
Dewey Decimal Classification 401
Cloth: 978-0-226-77233-2 | Paper: 978-0-226-77234-9
Library of Congress Classification P106.S773 1989
Dewey Decimal Classification 401
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A powerful argument for the presence of the divine within art, from one of the twentieth-century's leading thinkers
In Real Presences, George Steiner, whom A. S. Byatt praised as "a late, late, late, late Renaissance man," addressed one of the most challenging and important questions about art and human understanding: Can there be major dimensions of a poem, a painting, a musical composition created in the absence of God? Or is God always a real presence in the arts? Drawing examples from across centuries and cultures, Steiner passionately argues that a transcendent reality grounds all genuine art and human communication.
In Real Presences, George Steiner, whom A. S. Byatt praised as "a late, late, late, late Renaissance man," addressed one of the most challenging and important questions about art and human understanding: Can there be major dimensions of a poem, a painting, a musical composition created in the absence of God? Or is God always a real presence in the arts? Drawing examples from across centuries and cultures, Steiner passionately argues that a transcendent reality grounds all genuine art and human communication.
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