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1 online resource |
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Introduction: why do people write? -- First paradox : the current concert and the distant melody -- Second paradox : the lottery and the ruse -- Third paradox : the renunciation and the reward -- Fourth paradox : the proper noun and the common noun -- Fifth paradox : the flow and the entity -- Sixth paradox : the distance and the judgement -- Seventh paradox : the Rosetta Stone and Agrippina's Thrush -- Eighth paradox : the manuscript and the USB key -- Ninth paradox : the comet and the astronomer -- Conclusion : why do people (still) write?. |
| Summary |
"Examines the paradoxes inherent in the search for symbolic immortality, arguing that there is only one truly serious literary problem: the transmission of texts to posterity"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Authorship -- Psychological aspects.
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Authorship -- Philosophy.
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Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Mortality.
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mortality. |
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LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading |
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Authorship -- Philosophy |
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Authorship -- Psychological aspects |
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Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) |
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Mortality |
| Added Author |
Singerman, Alan J., translator.
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| Added Title |
Paradoxes de la postérité. English
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780271087030 027108703X (DLC) 2020015281 (OCoLC)1121283030 |
| ISBN |
9780271088358 (electronic bk.) |
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0271088354 (electronic bk.) |
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9780271088372 (electronic bk.) |
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0271088370 (electronic bk.) |
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9780271087030 |
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027108703X |
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