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A philosophical novelist : George Santayana and The last puritan

Author: H T Kirby-Smith
Publisher: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©1997.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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In the preface to the second edition of The Last Puritan, George Santayana wrote that he saw this "memoir in the form of a novel" as an exemplification of his own spirit. H. T. Kirby-Smith uses Santayana's 1936 novel The Last Puritan as both an occasion and a means for bringing into focus the complex relations between Santayana's life, his personality, and his philosophy.
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Kirby-Smith, H. T. (Henry Tompkins), 1938-
Philosophical novelist.
Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c1997
(OCoLC)645860753
Named Person: George Santayana; George Santayana
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: H T Kirby-Smith
ISBN: 0809321130 9780809321131
OCLC Number: 35450510
Description: xii, 208 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: 1. Introduction: A Question of Style --
2. Some Sources of Santayana's Philosophy --
3. Spinoza --
4. The Realm of Essence --
5. The Realm of Matter --
6. Detachment from Persons and Places and Things --
7. In Search of Substance --
8. The Realm of Spirit: The Last Puritan --
9. Philosophy into Fiction --
10. Santayana and His Critics --
App. An Unpublished Letter.
Responsibility: H.T. Kirby-Smith.
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In the preface to the second edition of The Last Puritan, George Santayana wrote that he saw this "memoir in the form of a novel" as an exemplification of his own spirit. H. T. Kirby-Smith uses Santayana's 1936 novel The Last Puritan as both an occasion and a means for bringing into focus the complex relations between Santayana's life, his personality, and his philosophy.

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