The Silence in Progress of Dante, Mallarmé, and Joyce (Currents in Comparative Romance Languages and Literatures)
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (654 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0820441791 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 325 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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He is widely published and has coedited two volumes on Joyce: Probes: Genetic Studies in Joyce and Genitricksling Joyce. Currently, he is Assistant Professor of English at Boston University. . in Comparative Literature from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Author: Sam Slote received a Ph.D
In different ways, each of these writers ventured to produce a «Book of All Earthly Experience,» and yet all three - again, in different ways - realized this goal by silencing the Book even as they wrote it. Following the writings of Maurice Blanchot, Slote examines the three writers in turn to argue that their work paradoxically affirms a vast silence that can never be achieved because it is wrecked by the very project of writing silence.. The writings of Dante, Mallarmé, and Joyce are regarded as some of the most difficult and obscure works of their respective periods. In this study, Sam Slote proposes that the relationship between the Book and silence is the source of the obscurity of these three writers
Perhaps the best work on Dante, Mallarme, Joyce and Silence A Customer Slote has ably produced a book filled with both word and pages, a book which, despite the length of its title, is truly finite. A work which will definitely, and without a doubt, be considered part of Slote's ouvre. This book is, rest assured, a work of criticism in the classical sense (i.e. an analysis of texts). For my part, I rather "liked" this book. Not only its heft and complexion, but also its sheer pagination give it an air of ontological certitude. Kudos to Mr. (Dr.) Slote, and may he cont
Currently, he is Assistant Professor of English at Boston University. He is widely published and has coedited two volumes on Joyce: Probes: Genetic Studies in Joyce and Genitricksling Joyce. About the Author The Author: Sam Slote received a Ph.D. . in Comparative Literature from the University of Wisconsin-Madison