The Last Puritan: A Memoir in the Form of a Novel by George Santayana (English)

Description: The Last Puritan by George Santayana, William G. Holzberger, Herman J. Saatkamp Jr., Irving Singer Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description A novel of of ideas, expressed in the birth, life, and early death of Oliver Alden. Publisher Description A novel of of ideas, expressed in the birth, life, and early death of Oliver Alden.Published in 1935, George Santayanas The Last Puritan was the American philosophers only novel. It became an instant best-seller, immediately linked in its painful voyage of self discovery to The Education of Henry Adams. It is essentially a novel of ideas, expressed in the birth, life, and early death of Oliver Alden.The Last Puritan is volume four in a new critical edition of The Works of George Santayana that restores Santayanas original text and provides important new scholarly information. Books in this series - the first complete publication of Santayanas works - include an editorial apparatus with notes to the text (identifying persons, places, and ideas), textual commentary (including a description of the composition and publication history, along with a discussion of editorial methods and decisions), discussions of adopted readings, lists of variants and emendations, and line-end hyphenations.Irving Singers new introduction to this edition takes up Santayanas philosophical and artistic concerns, including issues of homosexuality raised by the depiction of the novels two protagonists, Oliver and Mario, and of the relationship between Oliver and the rogue character Jim Darnley. In his thoughtful analysis Singer finds the term "homosexual novel" too reductionist and imprecise for what Santayana is trying to achieve. Singer brings to light the authors skillful and inventive methods for perceiving and interpreting reality, including ideal forms of friendship, and his success in exploring the pervasive moral problems that people face throughout their existence. Author Biography William G. Holzberger is Professor of English Emeritus at Bucknell University.Herman J. Saatkamp, Jr., is Head of the Department of Philosophy and Humanities at Texas A&M University.George Santayana (1863-1952) was a philosopher, poet, critic, and novelist. The MIT Press has published The Letters of George Santayana in eight books and the five books of The Life of Reason.Irving Singer was Professor of Philosophy at MIT. He was the author of the trilogies The Nature of Love and Meaning in Life, Philosophy of Love- A Partial Summing-Up, Mozart and Beethoven- The Concept of Love in Their Operas, all published by the MIT Press, and many other books. Details ISBN 0262691787 ISBN-13 9780262691789 Title The Last Puritan Author George Santayana, William G. Holzberger, Herman J. Saatkamp Jr., Irving Singer Format Paperback Year 1995 Pages 794 Edition New edition Publisher MIT Press Ltd GE_Item_ID:133264144; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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