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The Event of Literature
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Pages: 265
Authors: Terry Eagleton
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-05-29 - Publisher: Yale University Press

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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 m
The Event of Literature
Language: en
Pages: 261
Authors: Terry Eagleton
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-05-29 - Publisher: Yale University Press

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In this characteristically concise, witty, and lucid book, Terry Eagleton turns his attention to the questions we should ask about literature, but rarely do. Wh
Beckett, Derrida, and the Event of Literature
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The late Jacques Derrida’s notion of literature is explored in this new study. Starting with Derrida’s self-professed inability to comment on the work of Sa
The Event
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What is an event? From a philosophical perspective, events are irregular occurrences—moments of change and interruption—categorized by human perception, lan
Literature and Event
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If "event" is a proper name we reserve for monumental changes, crises, transitions and ruptures that are by their very nature unnameable or unthinkable, then th