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Hardback. New. Mimesis and Theory brings together twenty previously uncollected essays on literature and literary theory by one of the most important thinkers of the past thirty years.
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Mimesis and Theory brings together twenty of René Girard's uncollected essays on literature and literary theory, which, along with his classic, Deceit, Desire, and the Novel, have left an indelible mark on the field of literary and cultural studies. Spanning over fifty years of critical production, this anthology offers unique insights into the origin, development, and expansion of Girard's "mimetic theory"—a groundbreaking account of human interaction and of the genesis of cultural forms.
Arranged chronologically in order of publication, the essays run the gamut of Western literary culture, from Racine and Shakespeare to the existentialist writings of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre. The authors who have most influenced Girard—Stendhal, Proust, and Dostoevsky—receive extended treatment. In addition, Girard's observations on the changing landscape of literary studies are chronicled in several essays devoted to psychoanalysis, formalism, structuralism, and post-structuralism.
Though at times overshadowed by his work in religious and cultural anthropology, Girard's work in the area of literary studies has been the wellspring of his thought. All of the essays contained in this volume develop the idea that the greatest authors are also the greatest students of human nature, for their artistic intuitions are generally more penetrating than the analyses of the philosophers or the social scientists. Thus Girard does not offer us a theory of literature but literature as theory.
Detalhes
- Título Mimesis and Theory
- Autor Rene Girard
- Encadernação Capa dura
- Edição First Edition
- Editorial Stanford University Press, Stanford
- Data de publicação May 7, 2008
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780804755801
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Citações
- Chronicle of Higher Education, 07/04/2008, Page 18
- Reference and Research Bk News, 08/01/2008, Page 294
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Mimesis and Theory – Essays on Literature and Criticism, 1953–2005
por Girard, Rene/ Doran, Robert (Editor)
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Stanford Univ Pr, 2008. Hardcover. New. 310 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.00 inches.
Preço do item
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frete para USA