Research Catalog

Title

Dualisms : the agons of the modern world / Ricardo J. Quinones.

Author

Quinones, Ricardo J.

Publication

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2007], ©2007.

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Description

xvi, 451 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"Dualism is a motif that runs through literature of all genres and historical contexts, inspiring argumentation at the highest level and showing the formation of ideas in association as a creative exchange. It arises with special pertinence in western literature since the Renaissance and Reformation. In Dualisms, noted scholar Ricardo J. Quinones considers four major intellectual encounters: Erasmus and Luther, Voltaire and Rousseau, Turgenev and Dostoevsky, and Sartre and Camus. These four instances, Quinones argues, are important for what they are and what they represent, major intellectual contests that created the modern era and remain the 'agons' of our time."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Dualism in literature
• Literature > Philosophy
• Literature > History and criticism
• Humanities > Philosophy
• Dualisme dans la littérature
• Littérature > Philosophie
• Littérature > Histoire et critique
• Sciences humaines > Philosophie

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [433]-444) and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. Erasmus and Luther: First and Foremost, a Pattern Established -- Ch. 2. Voltaire and Rousseau: Never a Peace -- Ch. 3. Passages of History: From Mundanity to Philosophy -- Ch. 4. Turgenev and Dostoevsky: 'What Is There in Common?' -- Ch. 5. Sartre and Camus: 'Revolt Changes Camps' -- Epilogue: Dualisms and the Humanities.

ISBN

• 9780802097637
• 0802097634

OCLC

• ocn155849478
• 155849478
• SCSB-5383573

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries