Picture 1 of 1
Picture 1 of 1
Literature and Skepticism by Pablo Oyarzun (Hardcover)
US $100.00
ApproximatelyS$ 128.63
or Best Offer
Condition:
Brand New
A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages.
Postage:
US $5.38 (approx S$ 6.92) USPS Media MailTM.
Located in: West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
Delivery:
Estimated between Tue, 1 Oct and Fri, 4 Oct to 43230
Returns:
No returns accepted.
Coverage:
Read item description or contact seller for details. See all detailsSee all details on coverage
(Not eligible for eBay purchase protection programmes)
Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.
eBay item number:176369515556
Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- ISBN
- 9781438486796
- Book Title
- Literature and Skepticism
- Book Series
- Suny Series, Literature ... in Theory Ser.
- Publisher
- STATE University of New York Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2022
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Literary Criticism, Philosophy
- Topic
- Comparative Literature, Aesthetics, Semiotics & Theory
- Item Weight
- 8 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 230 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
STATE University of New York Press
ISBN-10
1438486790
ISBN-13
9781438486796
eBay Product ID (ePID)
15050382135
Product Key Features
Book Title
Literature and Skepticism
Number of Pages
230 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2022
Topic
Comparative Literature, Aesthetics, Semiotics & Theory
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Philosophy
Book Series
Suny Series, Literature ... in Theory Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
8 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2021-014862
Reviews
"This is a fine study. Skepticism, as Oyarzun unpacks it, is at once a philosophical sub-tradition and a 'disposition'--a playful and inconclusive address to the truth, reality, knowledge, and authority. But skepticism also predicates a canon (or anti-canon) of subversive texts joined over time by their deployment of philosophical logic and aesthetics in the service of challenging what would otherwise be patent, self-evident, or certain." -- Henry Sussman, author of Around the Book: Systems and Literacy
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
809.93353
Table Of Content
Introduction Literature and Skepticism 1. Montaigne: Writing and Skepticism 2. Superb Imposture: Satire, Common Sense, and Skepticism in Swift's A Tale of a Tub 3. On the Insignificant: Figures of Lichtenberg 4. Kleist, the Puppets, and the Vanishing Point of Meaning 5. Kafka and Skepticism: A Note 6. Borges: Essay and Fiction A Few Words of Conclusion Notes Works Cited Index
Synopsis
Literature and Skepticism links the skeptic attitude to the conditions of possibility in (modern) literature--in particular, the narrative form and the essay. Pablo Oyarzun proposes that narrative and the essay document the relationship between literature and skepticism in different but complementary and, at the same time, complicit ways. As the narrative performance reaches the structural limit of the literary--understood as the domain of fiction--a sort of para-discursive reflection critically accompanies this performance, discussing it, ironizing it, feigning to disbelieve it, or overtly belying it. Yet the narrative doubtfully takes distance from itself, surrendering all right to a final truth at the very moment at which truth emerges, essayistic, to the surface. The authors considered--Montaigne, Swift, Lichtenberg, Kleist, Kafka, and Borges--are eminent representatives of one and the other form, and all of the works analyzed are cases of a complex interplay between narrative and essay.
LC Classification Number
PN56.S576O93 2022
Item description from the seller
Seller feedback (3)
- n***a (166)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseThank you!Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Dynamics by E. Russell Johnston Jr.,... (#176171822751)
- r***a (14)- Feedback left by buyer.Past yearVerified purchaseNo complaints, I recommend this sellerAddison-Wesley Professional Computing Ser.: Advanced Programming in the UNIX... (#176171838633)
- p***e (18)- Feedback left by buyer.Past yearVerified purchaseBook in great condition, and very fast shipping! Thank you!Quantum Computation and Quantum Information : 10th Anniversary Edition by Isaac (#176171442259)