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Redeeming words and the promise of happiness : a critical theory approach to Wallace Stevens and Vladamir Nabokov /
This book offers a philosophical reflection on the nature of language by reading some exemplary works of literature. Drawing on the thought of philosophers-especially Plato, Kant, Hegel, Emerson, Benjamin, Adorno, Heidegger and Wittgenstein, the author argues that language is the bearer of a utopian...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, Md. :
Lexington Books,
©2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book offers a philosophical reflection on the nature of language by reading some exemplary works of literature. Drawing on the thought of philosophers-especially Plato, Kant, Hegel, Emerson, Benjamin, Adorno, Heidegger and Wittgenstein, the author argues that language is the bearer of a utopian or messianic promise of happiness, and that by redeeming the revelatory power of words, the two writers in this study are contributing to the redemption of the promise of happiness in a world of reconciled antagonisms and contradictions. </sp. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 230 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-226) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780739177525 0739177524 9781283942522 1283942526 |