The Desert in Modern Literature and Philosophy : : Wasteland Aesthetics / / Aidan Tynan.
Shows how philosophers from Nietzsche to Deleuze have used the figure of the desert to theorise space and placeUses the figure of the desert to provide an aesthetic theory of modernityRethinks and challenges key assumptions of ecocriticismOffers readings of the most significant literary deserts usin...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Crosscurrents : CROSS
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Series Editor’s Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. Desert Desire
- 2. Desert Immanence
- 3. Desert Refrains
- 4. Desert Islands
- 5. Desert Polemologies
- Conclusion: Beyond the Carbon Imaginary
- Bibliography
- Index