The prophetic law : essays in Judaism, Girardianism, literary studies, and the ethical / Sandor Goodhart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goodhart, Sandor.

Series:

Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture.

Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, French--20th century.

Philosophy, French.

Philosophy, Modern--20th century.

Philosophy, Modern.

Girard, René, 1923-2015.

Girard, René.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (333 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

To read literature is to read the way literature reads. René Girard's immense body of work supports this thesis bountifully. Whether engaging the European novel, ancient Greek tragedy, Shakespeare's plays, or Jewish and Christian scripture, Girard teaches us to read prophetically, not by offering a method he has developed, but by presenting the methodologies they have developed, the interpretative readings already available within (and constitutive of) such bodies of classical writing. In The Prophetic Law, literary scholar, theorist, and critic Sandor Goodhart divides his essay

Contents:

part one. Dialogue among Girardians

part two. Girardian reading and the scriptural

part three. Girardian reading and the literary

part four. Girardian reading and the ethical.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-60917-413-5

OCLC:

870509578