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The Singularity of Literature - The Singularity of Literature (Hardcover)
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The Singularity of Literature - The Singularity of Literature (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Classics
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The Iliad and Beowulf provide rich sources of historical
information. The novels of Henry Fielding and Henry James may be
instructive in the art of moral living. Some go further and argue
that Emile Zola and Harriet Beecher Stowe played a part in
ameliorating the lives of those existing in harsh circumstances.
However, as Derek Attridge argues in this outstanding and acclaimed
book, none of these capacities is distinctive of literature. What
is the singularity of literature? Do the terms "literature" and
"the literary" refer to actual entities found in cultures at
certain times, or are they merely expressions characteristic of
such cultures? Attridge argues that this resistance to definition
and reduction is not a dead end, but a crucial starting point from
which to explore anew the power and practices of Western art. Derek
Attridge provides a rich new vocabulary for literature, rethinking
such terms as "invention," "singularity," "otherness," "alterity,"
"performance" and "form." He returns literature to the realm of
ethics, and argues for the ethical importance of literature,
demonstrating how a new understanding of the literary might be put
to work in a "responsible," creative mode of reading. The
Singularity of Literature is not only a major contribution to the
theory of literature, but also a celebration of the extraordinary
pleasure of the literary, for reader, writer, student or critic.
This Routledge Classics edition includes a new preface by the
author.
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