by George Steiner · Faber & Faber · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780571206421
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In 'Grammars of Creation', George Steiner explores the idea of creation in Western thought, literature, religion, and history. He reflects on the different ways we talk about beginnings and examines how the twentieth century has placed in doubt the rationale and credibility of a future tense - the existence of hope. Steiner warns that technology and science may have replaced art and literature as the driving forces in our culture, but this has not happened without a significant loss. The forces of technology and science alone fail to illuminate inevitable human questions about value, faith, and meaning.
Francis George Steiner, FBA was a French and American literary critic, essayist, philosopher, novelist and educator. He wrote extensively about the relationship between language, literature and society, as well as the impact of the Holocaust. A 2001 article in The Guardian described Steiner as a "polyglot and polymath".
