The Writer Writing : : Philosophic Acts in Literature / / Francis-Noël Thomas.

In an age of authorless, contextless, deconstructed texts, Francis-Noël Thomas argues that it is time to re-examine a fundamental but neglected concept of literature: writing is an action whose agent is an individual. Addressing both general readers and scholars, Thomas offers two cases, Bernard Sha...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
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Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 245
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Physical Description:1 online resource (212 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • CHAPTER ONE. The Writer Writing
  • CHAPTER TWO. 'Intentions' and 'Purposes'
  • CHAPTER THREE. 'Parody' or the Imitation of Disciplines
  • CHAPTER FOUR. Explanations
  • CHAPTER FIVE. Bernard Shaw: Historical Explanation
  • CHAPTER SIX. Marcel Proust: Psychological Explanation
  • CHAPTER SEVEN. Historical Interpretation: The Face of the Muse and the Baker's Daughter
  • Notes
  • Index