The Syntax of Desire.
Lombardi, Elena.
The Syntax of Desire. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (391 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Augustine: The Syntax of the Word -- The Semiotic Universe of Mankind: Augustine's 'Theory of Things' -- The Performative Universe of God -- Time and the Syllable -- The Syntax of Love and Desire in Speech and Universe -- The Analogy -- Love, Desire, and the Interior Word -- 2. Modistae: The Syntax of Nature -- The Modistae -- Grammar and the System of Knowledge -- Reality, Mind, Language -- The Parts of Speech: Permanence and Becoming -- Syntax and Desire -- 3. Dante: The Syntax of Poetry -- Heavenly Refutations -- The Pros and Cons of Babel -- Language and Languages: The Parallel Episodes of Inferno 26-27 and Paradiso 15-17 -- A Map of Language -- A Map of Desire -- Language, Desire, and the Poem -- Epilogue -- 'I am afraid we are not rid of God, because we still have faith in grammar' -- Desidero, ergo sum -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
In addition to detailed analyses of medieval texts, The Syntax of Desireexamines some aspects of the same relationship in light of contemporary linguistics, philosophy of language, and psychoanalysis.
9781442685017
Augustine,-of Hippo, Saint,-354-430-Language.
Dante Alighieri,-1265-1321-Language.
Speculative grammar.
Electronic books.
P156.L663 2007
415
The Syntax of Desire. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (391 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Augustine: The Syntax of the Word -- The Semiotic Universe of Mankind: Augustine's 'Theory of Things' -- The Performative Universe of God -- Time and the Syllable -- The Syntax of Love and Desire in Speech and Universe -- The Analogy -- Love, Desire, and the Interior Word -- 2. Modistae: The Syntax of Nature -- The Modistae -- Grammar and the System of Knowledge -- Reality, Mind, Language -- The Parts of Speech: Permanence and Becoming -- Syntax and Desire -- 3. Dante: The Syntax of Poetry -- Heavenly Refutations -- The Pros and Cons of Babel -- Language and Languages: The Parallel Episodes of Inferno 26-27 and Paradiso 15-17 -- A Map of Language -- A Map of Desire -- Language, Desire, and the Poem -- Epilogue -- 'I am afraid we are not rid of God, because we still have faith in grammar' -- Desidero, ergo sum -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
In addition to detailed analyses of medieval texts, The Syntax of Desireexamines some aspects of the same relationship in light of contemporary linguistics, philosophy of language, and psychoanalysis.
9781442685017
Augustine,-of Hippo, Saint,-354-430-Language.
Dante Alighieri,-1265-1321-Language.
Speculative grammar.
Electronic books.
P156.L663 2007
415