The Last Puritan
A Memoir in the Form of a Novel
$132.51
- Paperback
794 pages
- Release Date
4 August 1995
Summary
A novel of of ideas, expressed in the birth, life, and early death of Oliver Alden.Published in 1935, George Santayana’s The Last Puritan was the American philosopher’s 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 t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262691789 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262691787 |
| Author: | George Santayana, William G. Holzberger, Herman J. Saatkamp Jr., Irving Singer |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 794 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 4 August 1995 |
| Weight: | 1.09kg |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 38mm |
| Series: | The Works of George Santayana |
About The Author
George Santayana
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.
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