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States of exception in the contemporary novel : Martel, Eugenides, Coetzee, Sebald /
In the aftermath of the September 11 terror attacks, the political situation in both the United States and abroad has often been described as a state of exception: an emergency situation in which the normal rule of law is suspended. In such a situation, the need for good decisions is felt ever more...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Continuum International Pub.,
©2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In the aftermath of the September 11 terror attacks, the political situation in both the United States and abroad has often been described as a state of exception: an emergency situation in which the normal rule of law is suspended. In such a situation, the need for good decisions is felt ever more strongly. This book investigates the aesthetics, ethics, and politics of various decisions represented in novels published around 9/11: Martels Life of Pi, Eugenides Middlesex, Coetzees Disgrace, and Sebalds Austerlitz. De Boevers readings of the novels revolve around what he calls the aesthetic dec. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 159 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441102485 1441102485 9781441181732 1441181733 1280578688 9781280578687 9781472542786 1472542789 9786613608444 6613608440 |