It is a saga of Heroes of the Imagination, creators who have brought something new into the arts - Homer, Joyce, Giotto, Picasso, Leonardo, Handel, Wagner - from the dazzling vision of the Hindus to the indifference of Confucius and the silence of Buddha to Herman Melville, Kakfka, Ruskin and a host of others. A magisterial work that finds order in the 'random flexings of the imagination' and reveals 'how the new adds to the old and how the old enriches the new, how Picasso enhances Leonardo and how Homer illuminates Joyce' ...
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It is a saga of Heroes of the Imagination, creators who have brought something new into the arts - Homer, Joyce, Giotto, Picasso, Leonardo, Handel, Wagner - from the dazzling vision of the Hindus to the indifference of Confucius and the silence of Buddha to Herman Melville, Kakfka, Ruskin and a host of others. A magisterial work that finds order in the 'random flexings of the imagination' and reveals 'how the new adds to the old and how the old enriches the new, how Picasso enhances Leonardo and how Homer illuminates Joyce'. 'There are few writers who could tackle so vast a subject with as much verve or self-assurance or infectious enthusiasm as Boorstin. He combines lively opinion and a distinguished historian's erudition, with a first-class journalist's clarity and an eye for the revealing anecdote.'-USA Today.
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Add this copy of The Creators: a History of Heroes of the Imagination to cart. $5.96, good condition, Sold by The Yard Sale Store rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Narrowsburg, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Publishing Mills.
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Very Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE boxes Very Good trade paperback; 8 vo; 811 pages; Some light marks on edges; small nicks on spine head; prompt shipping with tracking.
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Fine. It is a saga of Heroes of the Imagination, creators who have brought something new into the arts-Homer, Joyce, Giotto, Picasso, Leonardo, Handel, Wagner-from the dazzling vision of the Hindus to the indifference of Confucius and the silence of Buddha to Herman Melville, Kakfka, Ruskin and a host of others. A magisterial work that finds order in the 'random flexings of the imagination' and reveals 'how the new adds to the old and how the old enriches the new, how Picasso enhances Leonardo and how Homer illuminates Joyce'. 'There are few writers who could tackle so vast a subject with as much verve or self-assurance or infectious enthusiasm as Boorstin. He combines lively opinion and a distinguished historian's erudition, with a first-class journalist's clarity and an eye for the revealing anecdote. Paperback. Pictorial cover. Like new copy. xii, 811pp., index. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Very Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE boxes Very good hardcover; 811 pages; Lon red ramainder mark on fore edge; Pencil writing on front page from previous owner; some foxing; prompt shipping with tracking.
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