{"id":1020,"date":"2015-07-31T13:24:50","date_gmt":"2015-07-31T18:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/williamfranke\/?page_id=1020"},"modified":"2015-08-11T13:02:57","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T18:02:57","slug":"the-revelation-of-imagination","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/williamfranke\/homepage\/books\/the-revelation-of-imagination\/","title":{"rendered":"The Revelation of Imagination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/470\/2015\/07\/attachment.ashx_7.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/470\/2015\/07\/attachment.ashx_8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1036\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/470\/2015\/07\/attachment.ashx_8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/470\/2015\/07\/attachment.ashx_8.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/470\/2015\/07\/attachment.ashx_8-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2>The Revelation of Imagination<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>From Homer and the Bible through Virgil and Augustine to Dante<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>In  The Revelation of Imagination, William Franke attempts to focus on what  is enduring and perennial rather than on what is accommodated to the  agenda of the moment. Franke\u2019s book offers re-actualized readings of  representative texts from the Bible, Homer, and Virgil to Augustine and  Dante. The selections are linked together in such a way as to propose a  general interpretation of knowledge. They emphasize, moreover, a way of  articulating the connection of humanities knowledge with what may, in  various senses, be called divine revelation. This includes the sort of  inspiration to which poets since Homer have typically laid claim, as  well as that proper to the biblical tradition of revealed religion. The  Revelation of Imagination invigorates the ongoing discussion about the  value of humanities as a source of enduring knowledge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>About the Author<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>WILLIAM FRANKE<\/strong> is a professor of comparative literature and religious studies at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Reviews<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\u201cWilliam Franke\u2019s<em> Revelation of Imagination<\/em> will be regarded as a threshold event within the Humanities.\u201d&#8211;Hans  Ulrich Gumbrecht, Albert Gu\u00e9rard Professor in Literaure, Stanford  University<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Revelation of Imagination From Homer and the Bible through Virgil and Augustine to Dante In The Revelation of Imagination, William Franke attempts to focus on what is enduring and perennial rather than on what is accommodated to the agenda of the moment. 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