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- catalog abstract ""A myth of genius has been our way of making good the losses our romantic modernity entails," Taylor writes. "A myth of genius has existed to affirm that, among human lives, some have sacramental shape; that, among human lives, some put into abeyance the equation between life and loss ... Such is the post-theological, post-metaphysical role we have compelled our geniuses into. They make for us one last claim on the sublime." Benjamin Taylor's Into the Open is an inquiry into the deeper meanings of an indispensable modern word: "genius." What legacy do we invoke when we use it? Taylor answers in an original way, exploring the role of Leonardo da Vinci in the works of Walter Pater, Paul Valery, and Sigmund Freud. Da Vinci becomes an issue for each, Taylor argues, because for each the received idea of genius has ceased to be a romantic certitude or sacred truth and has become a problem. Taking Nietzsche's drastic critique of genius as his control, Taylor assesses the far less programmatic, far more anxious cases of Pater, Valery, and Freud. Whereas Nietzsche sought for and found a way out of romantic humanism, Pater, Valery, and Freud remain troubled, equivocal witnesses to the modern plight. They do not share in Nietzsche's jubilant transvaluating nihilism. They cannot relinquish the idea of genius, hedged about though it is in their works by skepticism.".
- catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
- catalog contributor b7117398.
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description ""A myth of genius has been our way of making good the losses our romantic modernity entails," Taylor writes. "A myth of genius has existed to affirm that, among human lives, some have sacramental shape; that, among human lives, some put into abeyance the equation between life and loss ... Such is the post-theological, post-metaphysical role we have compelled our geniuses into. They make for us one last claim on the sublime."".
- catalog description "Benjamin Taylor's Into the Open is an inquiry into the deeper meanings of an indispensable modern word: "genius." What legacy do we invoke when we use it? Taylor answers in an original way, exploring the role of Leonardo da Vinci in the works of Walter Pater, Paul Valery, and Sigmund Freud. Da Vinci becomes an issue for each, Taylor argues, because for each the received idea of genius has ceased to be a romantic certitude or sacred truth and has become a problem. Taking Nietzsche's drastic critique of genius as his control, Taylor assesses the far less programmatic, far more anxious cases of Pater, Valery, and Freud. Whereas Nietzsche sought for and found a way out of romantic humanism, Pater, Valery, and Freud remain troubled, equivocal witnesses to the modern plight. They do not share in Nietzsche's jubilant transvaluating nihilism. They cannot relinquish the idea of genius, hedged about though it is in their works by skepticism.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-141) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: We Romantics -- Walter Pater's Eucharist -- Paul Valery, or the Unmixed Cup -- In Faust's Den: The Lament of Freud -- Conclusion: Bulwarks and Shadows.".
- catalog extent "xii, 145 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0814782132 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : New York University Press,".
- catalog subject "155.9/8 20".
- catalog subject "BF416.A1 T38 1995".
- catalog subject "Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.".
- catalog subject "Genius Case studies.".
- catalog subject "Gifted persons Case studies.".
- catalog subject "Pater, Walter, 1839-1894.".
- catalog subject "Valéry, Paul, 1871-1945.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: We Romantics -- Walter Pater's Eucharist -- Paul Valery, or the Unmixed Cup -- In Faust's Den: The Lament of Freud -- Conclusion: Bulwarks and Shadows.".
- catalog title "Into the open : reflections on genius and modernity / Benjamin Taylor.".
- catalog type "Case studies. fast".
- catalog type "text".