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Stanley Cavell and the Claim of Literature /

An analysis of the significance of literature in the work of one of America's most influential philosophers. Stanley Cavell is widely recognized as one of America's most important philosophers, and his legacy and writings continue to attract considerable attention among literary critics an...

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Autor principal: Rudrum, David, 1974-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction : approaching the unapproachable
  • Making sense(s) of Walden
  • The avoidance of Shakespeare
  • From the sublime to the ordinary : Stanley Cavell's Beckett
  • How to do things with Wordsworth
  • What did Cavell want of Poe?
  • "Politics as opposed to what?" : social contract and marriage contract in A doll's house
  • Tragedy's tragedies : between the skeptical and the ethical
  • Conclusion: just an ordinary American tragedy.