books by Astrida Orle Tantillo (philosophy elective studies)

books by Astrida Orle Tantillo

books:

The Will to Create: Goethe's Philosophy of Nature

2 reviews
Astrida Orle Tantillo

University of Pittsburgh Press, 2002

A superb study of Goethe's philosophy of nature.
I thought long and hard about whether to buy this book but having read it I made the right choice. This book is one of the very best studies of German poet/dramatist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's work on science. Specifically, regarding his elusive philosophy of nature which is implicit in his works but never really laid out explicitly. Instead of analysing Goethe's more well known ideas such ...

Goethe's Elective Affinities and the Critics (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture)

1 review
Astrida Orle Tantillo

Camden House, 2001

Superb survey of Thoreavian criticism
Gary Scharnhorst read and digested virtually every commentary on Henry Thoreau in English from the earliest reviews to the critical studies up to the time of this book's publication. The book is a gift to Thoreau's fans and scholars. Scharnhorst doesn't play favorites with any critical approach. He offers a balanced view of everything he considers, noting trends and doing brief content ...