The Geography of the Imagination: Forty Essays
by Guy Davenport
Published for the first time: 1/1/1981
384 pages, Paperback
Genres: Literary Criticism, Criticism, History, Art, Nonfiction, Essays, Philosophy
In the 40 essays that constitute this collection, Guy Davenport, one of America's major literary critics, elucidates a range of literary history, encompassing literature, art, philosophy and music, from the ancients to the grand old men of modernism.
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