Worldly Acts and Sentient Things : The Persistence of Agency from Stein to DeLillo /

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"In Worldly Acts and Sentient Things Robert Chodat exposes a major shortcoming in recent accounts of twentieth-century discourse. What is often seen as the "death" of agency is better described as the displacement of agency onto new and varied entities." "Worldly Acts and Se...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Chodat, Robert, 1970-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
Agens.
Subjectivite > Dans la litterature.
Agent (philosophie) > Dans la litterature.
Litterature americaine > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Semantik
Literatur
Agens
Subjectivity in literature.
Philosophy, Modern, in literature.
Consciousness in literature.
American literature.
Agent (Philosophy) in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Subjectivite dans la litterature.
Conscience dans la litterature.
Agent (Philosophie) dans la litterature.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
USA.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:"In Worldly Acts and Sentient Things Robert Chodat exposes a major shortcoming in recent accounts of twentieth-century discourse. What is often seen as the "death" of agency is better described as the displacement of agency onto new and varied entities." "Worldly Acts and Sentient Things is an engaging blend of philosophy and literary theory for anyone interested in modern and contemporary literature, narrative studies, psychology, ethics, and cognitive science."--Jacket.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (272 pages).
ISBN:9780801462474

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