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The art of distances : ethical thinking in twentieth-century literature / Corina Stan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stan, Corina, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- European literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- European literature.
- Ethics in literature.
- Social distance--Philosophy.
- Social distance.
- Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 304 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2018.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Adorno and Barthes on the question of the right (di)stance
- The pathos of distances in "a world of banished people"
- George Orwell's critique of sincerity and the obligation of tactlessness
- The inferno of saviors: notes in the margin of Elias Canetti's lifework
- A socialism of distances, or on the difficulties of wise love: Iris Murdoch's secular community
- "The world in me": the distantiality of everyday life
- In search of a whole self: Benjamin's childhood fragments
- Annie Ernaux's diaries of the outside
- Gunter Grass's century
- Damon Galgut on emptying oneself for sleep
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780810136854
- 0810136856
- 9780810136861
- 0810136864
- OCLC:
- 1005114574
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