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THE POETRY OF CIVIC VIRTUE: Eliot, Malraux, Auden
by Scott, Nathan A
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0800604830
- ISBN 13
- 9780800604837
- Seller
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About This Item
Philadelphia, PA: Fortress Press, 1976. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Text/BRAND NEW & Brright. Orange linen boards/Fine. DJ'NF w/light edge wear. PO name to fEP, remainder mark to upper text edge, and PO initials to lower text edge. lAnthology of verse on Civic Virtue --- political philosophy on social responsiblityl. Aristotle argued civic virtue imeans citizens are participants in both ruling and being ruled. In the East, Confucius stressed behavior and rituals, including governance of one's very household, requires commitment. This anthology of philosophical verse of T.S. Eliot, Andre Malraux, and W.H. Auden promote the same. 164 pgs in 3 chapters: 1, The Polis as "Time's Covenant" --- in Elliot's Late Poetry; 2, The Morality & Poetics of the City --- Malraux's Definition; and 3, Auden's Way: Toward the City --- from the "Suburb of Dissent". Strong copy despite flaws,
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- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017040
- Title
- THE POETRY OF CIVIC VIRTUE: Eliot, Malraux, Auden
- Author
- Scott, Nathan A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0800604830
- ISBN 13
- 9780800604837
- Publisher
- Fortress Press
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- Anthology/Poetry/Verse/Social Philosophy/T.S. Eliot/ Andre Malraux/W.H. Auden/Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy;
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