George Santayana was unique in his contributions to American culture. For almost sixty years before his death in 1952, he combined literary and philosophical talents, writing not only important works of philosophy but also a best-selling novel, volumes of poetry, and much literary criticism. This portrait of Santayana's thought and complex personality explores the full range of his harmonization of the literary and the philosophical.
Keywords: George Santayana, American culture, philosophy, novels, poetry, literary criticism
Print publication date: 2000 | Print ISBN-13: 9780300080377 |
Published to Yale Scholarship Online: October 2013 | DOI:10.12987/yale/9780300080377.001.0001 |