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Edge of Meaning, Hardcover by White, James Boyd, Brand New, Free shipping in .... In doing so, White creates a deeply moving and insightful book and presents an inspiring conception of mind, language, and the essence of living. Edge of Meaning, Hardcover by White, James Boyd, ISBN 0226894819, ISBN-13 9780226894812, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Certain questions are basic to the human condition: how we imagine the world, and ourselves and others within it; how we confront the constraints of language and the limits of our own minds; and how we use imagination to give meaning to past experiences and to shape future ones. These are the questions James Boyd White addresses in The Edge of Meaning , exploring each through its application to great works of Western culture&;Huckleberry Finn , the Odyssey , and the paintings of Vermeer among them. In doing so, White creates a deeply moving and insightful book and presents an inspiring conception of mind, language, and the essence of living.