|
Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Semantics (meaning)
|
Buy Now
On the Shoulders of Giants - The Post-Italianate Edition (Paperback, Reprinted edition)
Loot Price: R941
Discovery Miles 9 410
|
|
|
On the Shoulders of Giants - The Post-Italianate Edition (Paperback, Reprinted edition)
Expected to ship within 9 - 15 working days
|
With playfulness and a large dose of wit, Robert Merton traces the
origin of Newton's aphorism, "If I have seen farther, it is by
standing on the shoulders of giants." Using as a model the
discursive and digressive style of Sterne's "Tristram Shandy,"
Merton presents a whimsical yet scholarly work which deals with the
questions of creativity, tradition, plagiarism, the transmission of
knowledge, and the concept of progress.
"This book is the delightful apotheosis of donmanship: Merton
parodies scholarliness while being faultlessly scholarly; he
scourges pedantry while brandishing his own abstruse learning on
every page. The most recondite and obscure scholarly squabbles are
transmuted into the material of comedy as the ostensible subject is
shouldered to one side by yet another hobby horse from Merton's
densely populated stable. He has created a "jeu d'esprit" which is
profoundly suggestive both in detail and as a whole."--Sean French,
"Times Literary Supplement"
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
