The Syntax of Desire.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781442685017
- 415
- P156.L663 2007
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.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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