The end of meaning : studies in catastrophe /

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From the poetry of classical Greece to the popular culture of contemporary America, this book seeks to show that catastrophe, precisely as the notion of the sui generis, has always been generic. To single out catastrophe as the exceptional, or the monstrous, or the modern, runs contrary to the propo...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gumpert, Matthew
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, 2012.
Temas:
Catastrophical, The.
Catastrophical, The, in literature.
Catastrophical, The, in art.
Catastrophical, The, in motion pictures.
Catastrophe (Philosophie)
Catastrophe (Philosophie) dans la littérature.
Catastrophe (Philosophie) dans l'art.
Catastrophe (Philosophie) au cinéma.
Semiotics > semiology.
Literary theory.
History of ideas.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Society.
Catastrophical, The
Catastrophical, The, in art
Catastrophical, The, in literature
Catastrophical, The, in motion pictures
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:From the poetry of classical Greece to the popular culture of contemporary America, this book seeks to show that catastrophe, precisely as the notion of the sui generis, has always been generic. To single out catastrophe as the exceptional, or the monstrous, or the modern, runs contrary to the proposition underlying the essays here.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (lxxvii, 497 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 454-497).
ISBN:9781443839433
1443839434

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