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- Stanley Cavell and the Claim of Literature
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- 2013
- Published by: Johns Hopkins University Press
summary
An analysis of the significance of literature in the work of one of America's most influential contemporary philosophers.Stanley Cavell is widely recognized as one of America's most important contemporary philosophers, and his legacy and writings continue to attract considerable attention among literary critics and theorists. Stanley Cavell and the Claim of Literature comprehensively addresses the importance of literature in Cavell's philosophy and, in turn, the potential effect of his philosophy on contemporary literary criticism.David Rudrum dedicates a chapter to each of the writers that principally occupy Cavell, including Shakespeare, Thoreau, Beckett, Wordsworth, Ibsen, and Poe, and incorporates chapters on tragedy, skepticism, ethics, and politics. Through detailed analysis of these works, Rudrum explores Cavell's ideas on the nature of reading; the relationships among literary language, ordinary language, and performative language; the status of authors and characters; the link between tragedy and ethics; and the nature of political conversation in a democracy.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. 2-7
- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- List of Abbreviated Titles
- pp. xi-xiv
- 1 Making Sense(s) of Walden
- pp. 24-41
- 2 The Avoidance of Shakespeare
- pp. 42-84
- 4 How to Do Things with Wordsworth
- pp. 99-121
- 5 What Did Cavell Want of Poe?
- pp. 122-133
- Bibliography
- pp. 277-282
Additional Information
ISBN
9781421410494
Related ISBN(s)
9781421410487, 9781421429021
MARC Record
OCLC
861692392
Pages
304
Launched on MUSE
2013-10-30
Language
English
Open Access
No