The Question of Literature: The Place of the Literary in Contemporary TheoryElizabeth Beaumont Bissell Brings together essays by a number of distinguished theorists and academics on the changing cultural significance of literature. |
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... limited pluralism ( no single principle is likely to determine our range of friendships ) . But it leads us also to recognise that some of the literary texts we most value prove inter- esting enemies rather than admirable friends not ...
... limited pluralism ( no single principle is likely to determine our range of friendships ) . But it leads us also to recognise that some of the literary texts we most value prove inter- esting enemies rather than admirable friends not ...
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... limited the scope of the question ' what do such speech acts do ? ' He looks for an answer there where language does something other than state what is the case , but he ends up assimilating fiction to a moral ( or immoral ) action ...
... limited the scope of the question ' what do such speech acts do ? ' He looks for an answer there where language does something other than state what is the case , but he ends up assimilating fiction to a moral ( or immoral ) action ...
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... limited degree of freedom . But for Nussbaum , as for Phillips , Butler sees too much freedom , too little constraint . Theatricality will be available only to a small number of actors , not to mass movements and practical demands ...
... limited degree of freedom . But for Nussbaum , as for Phillips , Butler sees too much freedom , too little constraint . Theatricality will be available only to a small number of actors , not to mass movements and practical demands ...
Contents
Introduction Elizabeth Beaumont Bissell | 1 |
difference as definition Charles Altieri | 19 |
questions of literature David Carroll | 66 |
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