The Paradoxes of Posterity /

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"Examines the paradoxes inherent in the search for symbolic immortality, arguing that there is only one truly serious literary problem: the transmission of texts to posterity"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hoffmann, Benjamin, 1985- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Singerman, Alan J. (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2020]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Mortality
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Authorship > Psychological aspects
Authorship > Philosophy
LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading
mortality.
Mortalite.
Art d'ecrire > Philosophie.
Art d'ecrire > Aspect psychologique.
Mortality.
Authorship > Philosophy.
Authorship > Psychological aspects.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: why do people write?
  • First paradox : the current concert and the distant melody
  • Second paradox : the lottery and the ruse
  • Third paradox : the renunciation and the reward
  • Fourth paradox : the proper noun and the common noun
  • Fifth paradox : the flow and the entity
  • Sixth paradox : the distance and the judgement
  • Seventh paradox : the Rosetta Stone and Agrippina's Thrush
  • Eighth paradox : the manuscript and the USB key
  • Ninth paradox : the comet and the astronomer
  • Conclusion : why do people (still) write?.

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