A Barfield Reader: Selections from the Writings of Owen Barfield [Paperback]

Owen A. Barfield (Author), G. B. Tennyson (Editor)

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Publication Date: January 1, 1999

Owen Barfield was one of the most original and stimulating thinkers of the twentieth century, the man that C.S. Lewis said could not speak on any subject without illuminating it, the man whose writings have won praise from figures as diverse as T.S. Eliot and Saul Bellow, Walter de la Mare and Howard Nemerov, W.H. Auden and Marshall McLuhan. This comprehensive overview supplements major selections with numerous short supporting passages form the whole corpus of his writings and provides a short glossary of Barfieldian terms and useful primary and secondary bibliographies.

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"Among the extraordinary group of English scholars, The Inklings, C. S. Lewish and J. R. R. Tolkien were more famous in the time but none thought more rigorously and clearly about language and meaning than Owen Barfield. His intellectual performance is filled with luminous delights." (Samuel R. Delany, author of The Motion of Light in Water )

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6 x 9 trim. LC 98-29555

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Product Details

• Paperback: 231 pages
• Publisher: Wesleyan; 1st edition (January 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0819563617
• ISBN-13: 978-0819563613
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,322,192 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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