The singularity of literature / Derek Attridge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Attridge, Derek.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature--Philosophy.

Literature.

Physical Description:

xiii, 178 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.

Summary:

brilliantly retheorizes its place in the realm of the ethical. The author acknowledges the impossibility of definition and rather offers us an account of his particular "living-through" of the literary in the terms above and invites us to share with him the insights it might offer. The insights in this case are invaluable, as we are offered not only an original framework within which to consider texts, but a clear case for the ethical value of the literary institution to a culture. Never losing sight of the pleasures and potency of our experience of literature, "The Singularity of Literature" is itself a delight to read. Returning to arguments begun in his influential volume" Peculiar" "Language," Derek Attridge here energizes discussion of the literary by forever shifting the terms of debate and offering new perspectives on questions that haunt every reader.

Contents:

Creation and the other

Originality and invention

Inventive language and the literary event

Singularity

Reading and responding

Performance

Form, meaning, context

Responsibility and ethics

An everyday impossibility.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-171) and index.

ISBN:

0415335922

0415335930

OCLC:

53097075