Literary cynics : Borges, Beckett, Coetzee /

"Literary Cynics reconsiders the meanings of words like cynicism and cosmopolitanism for Jorge Luis Borges, Samuel Beckett and J.M. Coetzee, testing the limits of their merely cynical cosmopolitanism. Arthur Rose takes as his starting point three moments of aesthetic crisis in the careers of th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rose, Arthur, 1981- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.
Temas:
Borges, Jorge Luis, > 1899-1986 > Criticism and interpretation.
Beckett, Samuel, > 1906-1989 > Criticism and interpretation.
Coetzee, J. M., > 1940- > Criticism and interpretation.
Beckett, Samuel, > 1906-1989.
Borges, Jorge Luis, > 1899-1986.
Coetzee, J. M., > 1940-
Borges, Jorge Luis > 1899-1986
Beckett, Samuel > 1906-1989
Coetzee, J. M. > 1940-
1900-1999
Literature, Modern > 20th century > History and criticism.
Cynicism in literature.
Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers.
Literary studies: from c 1900 -.
Literary theory.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Modern > 20th Century.
Literature, Modern.
Zynismus
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Paradox One: Money Problems in Borges, Beckett and Coetzee. 1. Defacing the Currency of Cosmopolitan Fame. i. Fame ; ii. Cosmopolitanism ; iii. Cynical Cosmopolitans
  • Paradox Two: Coetzee, Borges and Negotiated Truth. 2. Borges's Parables. i. Biographical Performance ; ii. Writerly Parables ; iii. Historical Parables
  • Paradox Three: Borges, Beckett and the Sincerity Paradox. 3. Beckett's Antinomical Theatre. i. Ohio Impromptu ; ii. Catastrophe ; iii. What Where
  • Paradox Four: Locating Beckett in Patagonia and South Africa. 4. Coetzee's Enantiosemiotic Lessons. i. The Diatribe ; ii. The Essay
  • Paradox Five: Creaturely Dog Men
  • Conclusion: On Mere Life.

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