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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... refers . It is to participate in an ambiguous , perhaps even contradictory , tonal and emotional complex - reverence ? whimsical- ity ? awe ? disappointment ? delight ? triumph ? - that is singular and unre- produceable . It is to feel ...
... refers . It is to participate in an ambiguous , perhaps even contradictory , tonal and emotional complex - reverence ? whimsical- ity ? awe ? disappointment ? delight ? triumph ? - that is singular and unre- produceable . It is to feel ...
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... refers to something which does not exist not so much false as void ? ' ) A fiction refers to noth- ing that exists . It refers , but to nothing in existence . Thus , the fictional act or operation consists in making reference but also ...
... refers to something which does not exist not so much false as void ? ' ) A fiction refers to noth- ing that exists . It refers , but to nothing in existence . Thus , the fictional act or operation consists in making reference but also ...
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... refer , reliably , to a true or real state of affairs . Lastly we may ask - and here I must let some of my cats on ... refers to something which does not exist not so much false as void ? 9 When Austin specifies that a statement may be ...
... refer , reliably , to a true or real state of affairs . Lastly we may ask - and here I must let some of my cats on ... refers to something which does not exist not so much false as void ? 9 When Austin specifies that a statement may be ...
Contents
Introduction Elizabeth Beaumont Bissell | 1 |
difference as definition Charles Altieri | 19 |
questions of literature David Carroll | 66 |
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