{"product_id":"the-writing-of-spirit-9780823275632","title":"The Writing of Spirit","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A probing and theoretically rich study on the history of linguistics, replete with impeccable research, insightful analyses, and daring but compelling conclusions, The Writing of Spirit is a brilliant accomplishment, certain to have a major impact on our understanding of language, physiological psychology, and the limits of structuralism.\" -- -John T. Hamilton Harvard University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction      Part I. Eternal Etymology: From Sprachgeist to Ferdinand de Saussure\t   1. Language Ensouled\t   Grammatical Life * Life Science * Kosmon Psychon * How Inflection Unfolds * Etymology: the Method * Spirit Superfluous? * The Demise of Analysis   2. Saussure's Dream   In Search of the Literal * Neither Flesh nor Spirit * But Rather Writing * Postmeditation   3. Verse Origins   Through the Letters Wafts the Spirit * 2 L, 2 P, 4 R (=2+2) * Little Sticks, Letter Rhymes * The Rhythm of Geist * The Cult of Cancellation      Part II. Tending Toward Zero: From Runes to Phonemes      4. Wagner's Poetry of the Spheres\t   Philology + Harmony * Wotan's Staff   5. Pythagoras in the Laboratory\t   The Wagnerian Sound of Sense * Wave Systems (Acoustics) * The Undulating All (Psychophysics) * A Philology of the Ear (Poetics)   6. Jakobson's Zeros   Analogy: the Method * Zero Degree Rhyme * The Silent \"e\" * Mama and Papa * In Retrospect: The Future      Afterword      Notes   Bibliography   Index","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406147756375,"sku":"9780823275632","price":19.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780823275632.jpg?v=1730494692","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-writing-of-spirit-9780823275632","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}