Silence in Modern Literature and Philosophy Beckett, Barthes, Nancy, Stevens /

This book discusses the elusive centrality of silence in modern literature and philosophy, focusing on the writing and theory of Jean-Luc Nancy and Roland Barthes, the prose of Samuel Beckett, and the poetry of Wallace Stevens. It suggests that silence is best understood according to two categories:...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gould, Thomas (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Subjects:
Literature, Modern-20th century.
Comparative literature.
European literature.
America-Literatures.
Aesthetics.
ISBN:9783319934792
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Apophasis and Reticence
  • 3. Broken Silence: Samuel Beckett
  • 4. Shared Silence - Jean Luc Nancy with Roland Barthes
  • 5. Some Senses of Silence in Wallace Stevens
  • 6. Coda: Eloquent Silence.

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