Prosaic Desires : : Modernist Knowledge, Boredom, Laughter, and Anticipation / / Sara Crangle.

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.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2010
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments and Dedication
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction: Mortal Self, Infinite Longings
  • Chapter 1 Dying to Know
  • Chapter 2 Haunted by Boredom
  • Chapter 3 Inclining Towards Laughter
  • Chapter 4 In the Meantime
  • Conclusion: Endlessnessnessness
  • Bibliography
  • Index