| Description |
1 online resource (xxxix, 183 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Series in literary studies
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Series in literary studies.
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| Note |
"With an introduction by Thomas Docherty, University of Warwick"--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-180) and index. |
| Summary |
" ... The individual is affected by a difficulty to communicate her metaphor machine to the Other, as if it were inexpressible. This work explores how the characters in the works of David Foster Wallace, Cormac MacCarthy, J.G. Ballard, Bret Easton Ellis, Chuck Palahniuk, William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, Maurice G. Dantec and China Mieville suffer from these limits of language and the constrictions of the Law. Through violence they look for their individual Voice, intended as their will-to-say, the 'pure taking place of language' (Agamben). In their struggle to be heard these characters are however deaf to the Voice of the Other. There is a need for a new Ethics of Narratives expressed through an Epic of the Voice founded on the will-to-listen, along the lines of the concept of the posthuman theorized by Rosi Braidotti. Here subjectivity is a process of constant autopoiesis dependent on the relationship the individual has with the Other and ..."--Back cover |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Violence in literature.
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Violence in literature. |
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Fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Fiction -- Social aspects.
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Fiction -- Social aspects. |
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Literature and morals.
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Literature and morals. |
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Comparative literature.
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Comparative literature. |
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Metaphor in literature.
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Metaphor in literature. |
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Transcendence (Philosophy) in literature.
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Transcendence (Philosophy) in literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Academic theses.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Docherty, Thomas, 1955- writer of introduction.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Murgia, Claudio. (Beyond) posthuman violence. Wilmington, Delaware : Vernon Press, [2019] 9781622736386 (DLC) 2019936109 (OCoLC)1102636870 |
| ISBN |
9781622738199 (electronic book) |
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1622738195 (electronic book) |
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9781622736386 |
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1622736389 |
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