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Tears
(September 1989)
Mark C. Taylor - Author
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In Tears, the author explores theoretical issues raised by the intersection of philosophy, literature, art, architecture, and theology. The critical accounts of thinkers like Derrida, Blanchot, Jabes, Kierkegaard, Hegel, Heidegger, Ricoeur, Gadamer, Austin, Ayre, Rorty, Tillich, Barth, and Altizer developed in this book effectively reshape and refocus the terms of current debate.
"Mark C. Taylor is simply the most intere...(Read More) |
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Transforming the Hermeneutic Context
(September 1989)
From Nietzsche to Nancy
Gayle L. Ormiston - Editor
Alan D. Schrift - Editor
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This book presents contemporary analyses of interpretation by some of the most prominent figures in contemporary philosophy and literary criticism. These essays question and transform traditional statements on the aims, methods, and techniques of interpretation.
The essays demonstrate how contemporary discussions of interpretation are necessarily sent back to the hermeneutic tradition. Emphasizing the importance of Friedrich Nietzsche's influ...(Read More) |
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Inner Experience
(April 1988)
Georges Bataille - Author
Leslie Anne Boldt-Irons - Translation and introduction by
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"English readers will now be able to appreciate what many consider Bataille's finest work, undoubtedly one of the outstanding texts of modern French writing, just as they will be able to fill a major gap in the history of post-structuralist thought. Whereas Bataille may be the acknowledged forefather of such figures as Barthes, Foucault, and Derrida, this centrality is often not appreciated by American admirers of the latter."
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The Literary Absolute
(March 1988)
The Theory of Literature in German Romanticism
Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe - Author
Jean-Luc Nancy - Author
Philip Barnard - Translator
Cheryl Lester - Translator
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"The authors have effectively situated romanticism within its philosophical context in a brilliant way." -- Mark C. Taylor, Williams College
The Literary Absolute is the first authoritative study of the emergence of the modern concept of literature in German romanticism. The authors trace this concept from the philosophical crisis bequeathed by Kant to his successors, to its development by the central figures of the Athenaeum g...(Read More) |
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Psychosis and Sexual Identity
(January 1988)
Toward a Post-Analytic View of the Schreber Case
David B. Allison - Editor
Prado de Oliveira - Editor
Mark S. Roberts - Editor
Allen S. Weiss - Editor
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This book examines Freud's most famous case study with newly discovered material written by Schreber and photos of significant persons in Schreber's life.
"Included are essays by some of the most interesting intellectual figures in France, such as Lyotard, Mannoni, and Andrade. Richardson leads the reader into Lacanian territory in a clear and fully comprehensible way. The Schreber case engenders one of Freud's most ...(Read More) |
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Twentieth-Century Literary Theory
(January 1987)
An Introductory Anthology
Vassilis Lambropoulos - Editor
David Neal Miller - Editor
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"It's unquestionably the best anthology of literary theory currently available. It supersedes all its competitors: it's up to date, more inclusive than any previous collection, and contains ingenious and welcome surprises in the way of 'extra-literary' selections that enhance its value by intelligently broadening its scope. It should prove irresistible to anyone interested in modern literary theory. This anthology is au courant." -- Jack ...(Read More) |
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Mallarme and the Sublime
(August 1986)
Louis W. Marvick - Author
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In this groundbreaking study, Louis W. Marvick develops a literary criterion for the quality known as "the sublime," considered as the expression of an attitude towards the ideal--an attitude composed of irony and enthusiasm in varying proportions. The author examines the various theories of the sublime and traces the development of the concept from a rhetorical device to an experience of spiritual insight derived from the genius of the artist. Th...(Read More) |
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