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Author:

Farrell, Frank B.

Title:

Why does literature matter? / Frank B. Farrell.

Publisher:

Cornell University Press,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

xi, 266 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

American literature--20th century--Theory, etc.--Theory, etc.
English literature--20th century--Theory, etc.--Theory, etc.
Literature--Philosophy

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-261) and index.

Contents:

The Space of Literature -- Literary Space in McCarthy and Pynchon, Rushdie and Chaudhuri -- The Philosophical Background -- James Merrill and the Making of Literature -- The Radical Linguistic Turn in De Man and Perloff -- John Ashbery and Samuel Beckett -- New Historicism and Cultural Studies -- Literature and Regression, Benjamin, Derrida -- Literary Style and Transitional Space -- John Updike and the Scene of Literature.

ISBN:

9780801441806
0801441803

OCLC:

(OCoLC)53013713

LCCN:

2003019239

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)