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Literature and the Question of Philosophy

Literature and the Question of Philosophy
Author: Anthony J. Cascardi
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Total Pages: 352
Release: 1989-04-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780801838408

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A distinguished group of authors reflects on problems currently enlivening the space shared by philosophy and literary theory in a series of chapters that range in scope from Plato to postmodernism.


The Use and Abuse of Literature

The Use and Abuse of Literature
Author: Marjorie Garber
Publisher: Anchor
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2012-04-03
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0307277127

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In this deep and engaging meditation on the usefulness and uselessness of reading in the digital age, Harvard English professor Marjorie Garber aims to reclaim “literature” from the periphery of our personal, educational, and professional lives and restore it to the center, as a radical way of thinking. But what is literature anyway, how has it been understood over time, and what is its relevance for us today? Who gets to decide what the word means? Why has literature been on the defensive since Plato? Does it have any use at all, other than serving as bourgeois or aristocratic accoutrements attesting to one’s worldly sophistication and refinement of spirit? What are the boundaries that separate it from its “commercial” instance and from other more mundane kinds of writing? Is it, as most of us assume, good to read, much less study—and what would that mean?


The Question of Literature

The Question of Literature
Author: Elizabeth Beaumont Bissell
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2002
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780719057458

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As literary theory has grown more influential, interdisciplinary and sophisticated, it has come to concern itself with a much greater range of issues and objects than those traditionally considered literary. It now addresses philosophy, history, psychology, politics and the media. Addressing a central and fundamental, but relatively neglected, issue in literary theory, this title seeks to recontextualise how theory has changed our understanding of literature and its questions by relating literature to the institution of the university, to ethical judgements and values, new media and computer technology and the nature of representative democracy.


Herman Melville and the American Calling

Herman Melville and the American Calling
Author: William V. Spanos
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2009-07-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780791475645

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Argues that Herman Melville’s later work anticipates the resurgence of an American exceptionalist ethos underpinning the U.S.-led global “war on terror.”


The Event of Literature

The Event of Literature
Author: Terry Eagleton
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2012-05-29
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0300178816

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Offers a thorough examination of the philosophy of literature, looking at the place of literature in human culture, what literature can be defined as and much more.


Beginning with the Word (Cultural Exegesis)

Beginning with the Word (Cultural Exegesis)
Author: Roger Lundin
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2014-04-29
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441244840

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In this addition to the critically acclaimed Cultural Exegesis series, a nationally recognized scholar and award-winning author offers a sophisticated theological engagement with the nature of language and literature. Roger Lundin conducts a sustained theological dialogue with imaginative literature and with modern literary and cultural theory, utilizing works of poetry and fiction throughout to prompt the discussion and focus his reflections. The book is marked by a commitment to bring the history of Christian thought, modern theology in particular, into dialogue with literature and modern culture. It is theologically rigorous, widely interdisciplinary in scope, lucidly written, and ecumenical in tone and approach.


Questions of Character

Questions of Character
Author: Joseph Badaracco
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2006
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781591399681

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Through rich analysis of the main characters in "The Death of a Salesman, The Secret Sharer, The Last Tycoon," and other stories, Badaracco addresses complex issues leaders face, such as the soundness of their vision, their readiness to take on responsibility, the depth of their compassion, and their ability to manage success.


Biography and the Question of Literature in France

Biography and the Question of Literature in France
Author: Ann Jefferson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2007-01-04
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0199270848

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Containing critical readings of some major French authors in the light of the evolving relations between biography and literature, this book offers a history of French literature over a 300-year period, and also a discussion of biography - its forms, history, and functions