Commiserating with Devastated Things

M. Wirth Jason

Description

Commiserating with Devastated Things seeks to understand the place Milan Kundera calls "the universe of the novel." Working through Kundera's oeuvre as well as the continental philosophical tradition, Wirth argues that Kundera transforms-not applies-philosophical reflection within literature.Reading between Kundera's work and his self-avowed tradition, from Kafka to Hermann Broch, Wirth asks what it might mean to insist that philosophy does not have a monopoly on wisdom, that the novel has its own modes of wisdom that challenge philosophy's.

Sujets

• Eastern Europe
• Literary theory

Informations

• Publié par: Fordham University Press
• Date de parution: 20 octobre 2015
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780823268221
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Commiserating wit Devastated hings

Series Board

James Bernauer

Drucilla Cornell

homas R. Flynn Kevin Hart Ricard Kearney

Jean-Luc Marion

Adriaan Peperzak

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Hent de Vries

Merold Westpal

Micael Zimmerman

Jon D. Caputo,series editor

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J A S O N M . W I R T H

Commiserating wit Devastated hings Milan Kundera and tHe Entitlements of hinking

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Wirt, Jason M., –  Commiserating wit devastated tings : Milan Kundera and te entitlements of tinking / Jason M. Wirt. — First edition.  pages cm. — (Perspectives in Continental pilosopy)  Includes bibliograpical references and index.  ISBN ---- (clot : alk. paper)  . Kundera, Milan—Criticism and interpretation. . Kundera, Milan— Knowledge—Literature. . Literature—Pilosopy. I. Title.  PG..UZ   .′—dc  

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Preface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Tamina at te Border Caugt Looking: he Universe of te Novel Laugter

Dogs and History Kitsc Idiocy on te Verge of te Novel Novel Idiocy Notes BibliograpHy Index

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