University Press of America
Pages: 364
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Trim: 5⅜ x 8½
978-0-7618-2179-3 • Paperback • February 2002 • $94.99 • (£73.00)
Dennis Quinn is Professor of English at the University of Kansas, Lawrence.
Chapter 1 Forward
Chapter 2 Preface
Chapter 3 Acknowledgments
Chapter 4 Iris Observed:
Chapter 5 The Name and Nature of Wonder
Chapter 6 Iris Regnant: Wonder in Classical Antiquity and the Christian Era:
Chapter 7 Youthful Wonder: The Greeks
Chapter 8 Mature Wonder: The Romans
Chapter 9 The Conversion of Wonder: The Christian Era
Chapter 10 Iris Usurped: Wonder in the Modern Age:
Chapter 11 The Early Modern Era
Chapter 12 The Enlightenment
Chapter 13 The Romantic Renaissance of Wonder
Chapter 14 The Later Nineteenth Century
Chapter 15 From Romance to Fantasy-and Beyond
Chapter 16 Iris in Exile:
Chapter 17 Modern Loyalists; Vive la Reigne!
Chapter 18 Bibliography
Chapter 19 Index
Chapter 20 Author Biographical Sketch
For readers interested in what a widely read and intelligent intellectual reactionary, not a pundit or a 'culture warrior,' thinks of the history of Western culture and how it relates to our current predicaments, 'Iris Exiled' is a good way to find out.
— William E. Burns, Washington, D.C.; Sixteenth Century Journal
Quinn nimbly traverses the historical developments about wonder, persuasively argues his philosophical position, and trenchantly analyzes and interprets as a literary critic. In the end, he has written a fascinating study. I encourage one to read his book: It is the next best thing to matriculating at Kansas University and learning from the master teacher directly.
— Curtis L. Hancock, Rockhurst University; Review of Metaphysics
Quinn nimbly traverses the historical developments about wonder, persuasively argues his philosophical position, and trenchantly analyzes and interprets as a literary critic. In the end, he has written a fascinating study. I encourage one to read his book: It is the next best thing to matriculating at Kansas University and learning from the master teacher directly.
— Curtis L. Hancock, Rockhurst University; Review of Metaphysics
For readers interested in what a widely read and intelligent intellectual reactionary, not a pundit or a 'culture warrior,' thinks of the history of Western culture and how it relates to our current predicaments, 'Iris Exiled' is a good way to find out.
— William E. Burns, Washington, D.C.; Sixteenth Century Journal