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1 online resource (xi, 244 pages) |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-239) and index. |
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"Literary Cynics reconsiders the meanings of words like cynicism and cosmopolitanism for Jorge Luis Borges, Samuel Beckett and J.M. Coetzee, testing the limits of their merely cynical cosmopolitanism. Arthur Rose takes as his starting point three moments of aesthetic crisis in the careers of these literary cynics: Borges's parables of the 1950s, Beckett's plays of the 1980s, and Coetzee's pedagogic novels of the 2000s. In their transition to a 'late style', Rose demonstrates how these writers develop rhetorical strategies for coping with fame, cosmopolitanism and aesthetic form that become useful when returning to the canonical texts of their respective 'high' periods. In addition to these 'late' works, Literary Cynics offers a rigorous rapprochement to classic, lesser known, and archival texts by the three writers, from Coetzee's Disgrace to Beckett's letters."-- Provided by publisher |
| Contents |
Paradox One: Money Problems in Borges, Beckett and Coetzee. 1. Defacing the Currency of Cosmopolitan Fame. i. Fame ; ii. Cosmopolitanism ; iii. Cynical Cosmopolitans -- Paradox Two: Coetzee, Borges and Negotiated Truth. 2. Borges's Parables. i. Biographical Performance ; ii. Writerly Parables ; iii. Historical Parables -- Paradox Three: Borges, Beckett and the Sincerity Paradox. 3. Beckett's Antinomical Theatre. i. Ohio Impromptu ; ii. Catastrophe ; iii. What Where -- Paradox Four: Locating Beckett in Patagonia and South Africa. 4. Coetzee's Enantiosemiotic Lessons. i. The Diatribe ; ii. The Essay -- Paradox Five: Creaturely Dog Men -- Conclusion: On Mere Life. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989. |
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Coetzee, J. M., 1940- -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Coetzee, J. M., 1940- |
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Borges, Jorge Luis 1899-1986. |
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Beckett, Samuel 1906-1989. |
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Coetzee, J. M. 1940- |
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Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Literature, Modern. |
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20th century |
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Cynicism in literature.
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Cynicism in literature. |
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers. |
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Literary studies: from c 1900 -. |
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Literary theory. |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Modern -- 20th Century. |
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Zynismus. |
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1900-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rose, Arthur, 1981- Literary cynics. London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Plc, 2017 9781474258647 (DLC) 2016052100 (OCoLC)975020873 |
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9781474258678 (electronic book ; ePDF) |
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1474258670 (electronic book ; ePDF) |
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9781474258661 (electronic book ; epub) |
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1474258662 (electronic book ; epub) |
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9781474258654 (online) |
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1474258654 |
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9781474258647 (hardback) |
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1474258646 (hardback) |
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