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1 online resource (332 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft ; 115
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Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft ; 115.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Stories and Portraits of the Self; Contents; Introduction: Signposts of the Self in Modernity; Part I The Representational Dilemma; The Self as a Work of Art: Proust's Scepticism; (Re- )Constructing, (Re- )Membering Postcolonial Selves; 'Doing Identity' in Fiction: Identity Construction as a Dialogue between Individuals and Cultural Narratives; Self-Representation and Temporality: 'Parabasis' in Guimarães Rosa's Grande Sertão: Veredas; New Man: Marie Kessels' Inner Portrait of a Writing Self; Good Intentions, Ethical Commitment, and Impersonal Poetry: The Work of Gerrit Kouwenaar. |
| Summary |
In contemporary societies privatization has long ceased to be just an economic concept; rather, it must increasingly be made to refer to the ongoing shrinking of the public space under the impact of the representation of individual lives and images, which cuts across all discourses, genres and media to become one of the primary means of production of culture. This volume is intended to cover such an historical, social and intellectual ground, where self-representation comes to the fore. Targeting mostly an academic readership but certainly also of interest to the general educated public, it co. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Self in literature.
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Self in literature. |
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Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature.
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Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature. |
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Literature, Modern -- Themes, motives.
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Literature, Modern -- Themes, motives. |
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Literature, Modern. |
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Electronic books.
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Buescu, Helena Carvalhão.
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Duarte, João Ferreira, 1947-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Stories and portraits of the self. Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2007 9042023287 9789042023284 (OCoLC)181068781 |
| ISBN |
9781435611115 (electronic book) |
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143561111X (electronic book) |
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9789401205290 |
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9401205299 |
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9042023287 |
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9789042023284 |
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9042023287 |
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9789042023284 |
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