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• catalog abstract "Vortex/t undertakes a hermeneutical exploration of symbolic turbulence in many canonical works of literature and philosophy. Charles Minahen's approach is diachronic to the degree that manifestations of the symbol are addressed chronologically, but his aim is not to establish a historical linking of cause and effect, even if such connections do appear. Rather, a synchrony of the symbol is reconstructed that places each discrete example of it in a vibrant intertext of patent and latent meanings. Symbolic turbulence first emerges in ancient "whirls" that display a spiral, spiro-helical, or vortical configuration and usually have cosmic or religious significance. The first significant textual examples of vortical symbolism occur in the Boulak Papyrus, the Bible, and The Odyssey, where the destructive connotations of the symbol stand out. For the philosophers and poets of the ancient classical period, including certain Pre-Socratics, Plato, Epicurus, and Lucretius, the vortex is a universal structuring principle, although the underlying causes vary. For Dante, the emphasis is no longer on the dynamic cosmogonic role of the whirl, but on the gradations inherent in the vortical structure itself. Descartes and Blake associated the symbol with the transcendence of a mystical vision, which involves, for the latter, an epiphanal breakthrough. In Poe, the maelstrom excites conflicting feelings of horror in the face of death and curiosity about the "novel" beyond. Rimbaud develops Blake's and Poe's fascination with a transcendent vision, but for Mallarme, the vortex-symbol is Poesque in the more negative way. Not only is it a threatening destructive force, it is the specter of death itself, relentlessly drawing the shipwrecked mariner to ultimate extinction and nonentity. By analyzing, comparing, and contrasting these salient examples of vortical symbolism, Vortex/t attempts to uncover and explore the dynamics of emerging and receding meanings that constitute the paradigm. - Publisher.".
• catalog alternative "Vortex.".
• catalog alternative "Vortext.".
• catalog contributor b3560703.
• catalog created "c1992.".
• catalog date "1992".
• catalog date "c1992.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1992.".
• catalog description "Archaeology of symbolic turbulence -- Cosmic vortices of the pre-Socratic philosophers -- Plato's great whorl -- Epicurean whirlings and Lucretius's turbulent flux -- Dante's vortical triptych -- The turbulent dream vision of Descartes's olympian experience -- That every thing has its own vortex : dialectics of vortical symbolism in Blake -- Descents into Poe's maelstrom -- Tourbillons de lumiere : Rimbaud's illuminating vortices -- Whirling toward the void at dead center : symbolic turbulence in Mallarme's Un coup de des -- Conclusion -- Appendix : Vortices, helices, spirals, and gyres.".
• catalog description "By analyzing, comparing, and contrasting these salient examples of vortical symbolism, Vortex/t attempts to uncover and explore the dynamics of emerging and receding meanings that constitute the paradigm. - Publisher.".
• catalog description "For the philosophers and poets of the ancient classical period, including certain Pre-Socratics, Plato, Epicurus, and Lucretius, the vortex is a universal structuring principle, although the underlying causes vary. For Dante, the emphasis is no longer on the dynamic cosmogonic role of the whirl, but on the gradations inherent in the vortical structure itself. Descartes and Blake associated the symbol with the transcendence of a mystical vision, which involves, for the latter, an epiphanal breakthrough. In Poe, the maelstrom excites conflicting feelings of horror in the face of death and curiosity about the "novel" beyond. Rimbaud develops Blake's and Poe's fascination with a transcendent vision, but for Mallarme, the vortex-symbol is Poesque in the more negative way. Not only is it a threatening destructive force, it is the specter of death itself, relentlessly drawing the shipwrecked mariner to ultimate extinction and nonentity. ".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and indexes.".
• catalog description "Vortex/t undertakes a hermeneutical exploration of symbolic turbulence in many canonical works of literature and philosophy. Charles Minahen's approach is diachronic to the degree that manifestations of the symbol are addressed chronologically, but his aim is not to establish a historical linking of cause and effect, even if such connections do appear. Rather, a synchrony of the symbol is reconstructed that places each discrete example of it in a vibrant intertext of patent and latent meanings. Symbolic turbulence first emerges in ancient "whirls" that display a spiral, spiro-helical, or vortical configuration and usually have cosmic or religious significance. The first significant textual examples of vortical symbolism occur in the Boulak Papyrus, the Bible, and The Odyssey, where the destructive connotations of the symbol stand out. ".
• catalog extent "xi, 205 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Vortex/t.".
• catalog identifier "0271007745".
• catalog isFormatOf "Vortex/t.".
• catalog issued "1992".
• catalog issued "c1992.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press,".
• catalog relation "Vortex/t.".
• catalog subject "809/.915 20".
• catalog subject "Literature History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "PN56.V57 M56 1992".
• catalog subject "Symbolism in literature.".
• catalog subject "Turbulence in literature.".
• catalog subject "Vortex-motion in literature.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Archaeology of symbolic turbulence -- Cosmic vortices of the pre-Socratic philosophers -- Plato's great whorl -- Epicurean whirlings and Lucretius's turbulent flux -- Dante's vortical triptych -- The turbulent dream vision of Descartes's olympian experience -- That every thing has its own vortex : dialectics of vortical symbolism in Blake -- Descents into Poe's maelstrom -- Tourbillons de lumiere : Rimbaud's illuminating vortices -- Whirling toward the void at dead center : symbolic turbulence in Mallarme's Un coup de des -- Conclusion -- Appendix : Vortices, helices, spirals, and gyres.".
• catalog title "Vortex.".
• catalog title "Vortex/t : the poetics of turbulence / Charles D. Minahen.".
• catalog title "Vortext.".
• catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
• catalog type "text".