{"product_id":"poetic-force-9780804791007","title":"Poetic Force","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book argues that the theory of force in Kantian aesthetics and further developed by Walter Benjamin is of decisive importance both to nineteenth-century poetry and to the connection between poetry and philosophy over the last two centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In a brilliant exploration of the bearing of philosophy on poetry, Kevin McLaughlin traces in Kant a thinking of a special kind of force, the capacity of poetic language to exceed the grasp of empirical consciousness. His readings of Hölderlin, Baudelaire, and Matthew Arnold, an unlikely trio, are a tour de force of philosophical and poetic analysis.\" -- Jonathan Culler * Cornell University *","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405617209687,"sku":"9780804791007","price":49.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804791007.jpg?v=1730493013","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/poetic-force-9780804791007","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}