Grammars of Creation

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Aesthetics, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Linguistics
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Author: George Steiner ISBN: 9781480411869
Publisher: Open Road Media Publication: April 16, 2013
Imprint: Open Road Media Language: English
Author: George Steiner
ISBN: 9781480411869
Publisher: Open Road Media
Publication: April 16, 2013
Imprint: Open Road Media
Language: English

“A fresh, revelatory, golden eagle’s eye-view of western literature.” Financial Times

Early in Grammars of Creation, George Steiner references Plato’s maxim that in “all things natural and human, the origin is the most excellent.” Creation, he argues, is linguistically fundamental in theology, philosophy, art, music, literature—central, in fact, to our very humanity. Since the Holocaust, however, art has shown a tendency to linger on endings—on sundown instead of sunrise. Asserting that every use of the future tense of the verb “to be” is a negation of mortality, Steiner draws on everything from world wars and the Nazis to religion and the word of God to demonstrate how our grammar reveals our perceptions, reflections, and experiences. His study shows the twentieth century to be largely a failed one, but also offers a glimpse of hope for Western civilization, a new light peeking just over the horizon.

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“A fresh, revelatory, golden eagle’s eye-view of western literature.” Financial Times

Early in Grammars of Creation, George Steiner references Plato’s maxim that in “all things natural and human, the origin is the most excellent.” Creation, he argues, is linguistically fundamental in theology, philosophy, art, music, literature—central, in fact, to our very humanity. Since the Holocaust, however, art has shown a tendency to linger on endings—on sundown instead of sunrise. Asserting that every use of the future tense of the verb “to be” is a negation of mortality, Steiner draws on everything from world wars and the Nazis to religion and the word of God to demonstrate how our grammar reveals our perceptions, reflections, and experiences. His study shows the twentieth century to be largely a failed one, but also offers a glimpse of hope for Western civilization, a new light peeking just over the horizon.

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