Poiesis and possible worlds : a study in modality and literary theory /

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In Poiesis and Possible Worlds, Thomas L. Martin makes a highly focused intervention in the debate about poststructuralist and postmodern theorizing and offers a philosophical approach to some of the controversial tenets of recent theorists. The result is an important addition to the existing litera...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Martin, Thomas L., 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2004.
Temas:
Literature > Philosophy.
Semantics (Philosophy)
Possibility.
Possibility in literature.
Littérature > Philosophie.
Sémantique (Philosophie)
Possibilité dans la littérature.
Possibilité.
literary theory.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Semiotics & Theory.
Possibility in literature
Literature > Philosophy
Possibility
Literaturtheorie
Mögliche Welt
Philosophie
Semantik
Literatur
Mogelijke werelden.
Literatuurtheorie.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • PART ONE: PARADOXES
  • 1 The Paradox of the Many: Post-Structuralism and Zeno
  • Zeno's Paradox of Plurality
  • Post-Structuralism and the Paradox of Plurality
  • Derrida and Multiplicity
  • Different Kinds of Differences?
  • There and Back
  • 2 The Paradox of the One: Language as Universal Medium
  • The Matter of Analytical Philosophy
  • The Force of Continental Philosophy
  • Syntax in Structuralism and Post-Structuralism
  • New Historicism and Culture as Universal Medium
  • The Death of the Code
  • PART TWO: POSSIBLE WORLDS
  • 3 Talk of Possible Worlds: Language as CalculusOne-World Semantics versus Possible-Worlds Semantics
  • Words and Worlds
  • What Is Metalanguage?
  • Baudrillard's Virtual Reality
  • Kinds of Language Theory
  • Language as Calculus
  • 4 The Poiesis of Possible Worlds: A Theory of Possibility for Literature
  • Scepticism about Possible Worlds
  • The Logical Triviality of This World
  • Intellectual Models
  • Modelling Worlds
  • Possible Worlds a Philosophy?
  • Relation of Language to Possible Worlds
  • A Way of Meaning Functions
  • The Problem of Logical OmniscienceRelated Theories of Possibility
  • A Qualified Theory of Possible Worlds for Literature
  • PART THREE: POIESIS
  • 5 From Models to Metaphors: Possibility, Aesthetics, and Literary Theory
  • The Critical Heritage
  • What Do We Mean by Literature?
  • An Approach to Metaphor
  • Metaphor as Epistemology
  • The Varieties of Literary Theory
  • Articulating Possibility in Poetic History
  • Models of Literature, Modes of Reading
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Author Index
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