You Must Change Your Life: Poetry, Philosophy, and the Birth of Sense

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lysaker, John T. You must change your life : poetry, philosophy, and the birth of sense / John T. Lysaker. p. cm.— (American and European philosophy) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-271-02228-0 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Simic, Charles, 1938– —Criticism and interpretation. 2. Literature, Comparative—American and foreign. 3. Literature, Comparative—Foreign and American. 4. Heidegger, Martin, 1889–1976—Aesthetics. 5. Poetry. I. Title. II. Series. PS3569.I4725Z76 2002 811⬘.54—dc21 2002009843 Copyright  2002 The Pennsylvania State University All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Published by The Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, PA 16802-1003 It is the policy of The Pennsylvania State University Press to use acid-free paper for the first printing of all clothbound books. Publications on uncoated stock satisfy the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48–1992. For Juan De Pascuale and Royal Rhodes, with gratitude and continuing devotion. ...