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Eating well, reading well : Maryse Condé and the ethics of interpretation /
While rejecting a conception of literature as moral philosophy, or a device for imparting particular morals to the reader through exemplary characters and plots, Maryse Condé has displayed throughout her writing career a strong valorization of literature as ethical critique. This study examines her...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; New York, NY :
Rodopi,
2008.
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| Colección: | Francopolyphonies ;
7. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | While rejecting a conception of literature as moral philosophy, or a device for imparting particular morals to the reader through exemplary characters and plots, Maryse Condé has displayed throughout her writing career a strong valorization of literature as ethical critique. This study examines her singular approach to literary commitment as a critical reworking of aesthetic models and modes of interpretation. Focusing on four dominant problematics in Condé's work--history and globalization in La Belle Créole and Moi, Tituba sorcière ... noire de Salem, intertextuality and reception in La migrat. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (235 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-228 and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781435613621 1435613627 9789401205283 9401205280 9042023279 9789042023277 |