Prosaic Desires: Modernist Knowledge, Boredom, Laughter, and Anticipation

ISBN-13: 9780748640850 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 224 str.

Sara Crangle

Opis

Studying the work of Joyce, Woolf, Stein and Beckett, Sara Crangle explores the everyday human longings found in Modernist writing. This discussion is set within a framework of continental philosophy, particularly the thinking of Emmanuel Levinas.

Spis treści

Introduction: Mortal Self, Infinite Longings; 1. Dying To Know; 2. Haunted By Boredom; 3. Inclining Towards Laughter; 4. In The Meantime; Conclusion: Endlessnessnessness; Notes; Bibliography; Index.