Description
| Product ID: | 9780823254699 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Imperative to Write |
| Subtitle: | Destitutions of the Sublime in Kafka, Blanchot, and Beckett |
| Authors: | Author: Jeff Fort |
| Page Count: | 440 |
| Subjects: | Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, German, French |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A philosophical analysis of the works of Franz Kafka, Maurice Blanchot and Samuel Beckett laying stress on the aesthetic notion of the sublime, especially as defined by philosopher Immanuel Kant, and arguing that these authors incorporate sublimity into their writing while also undermining the grandeur this traditionally implies. |
| Imprint Name: | Fordham University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Fordham University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2014-03-03 |