Singularities Contributor(s): Pepper, Thomas Adam (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521573823 ISBN-13: 9780521573825 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 1997 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
Dewey: 801.95 |
LCCN: 96044961 |
Series: Literature, Culture, Theory |
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.08 lbs) 268 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Throughout the twentieth century, the epistemological status of literature, the problem of language's claim to true representation, has challenged our received notions of ontology and being itself. In Singularities, Thomas Pepper addresses the relationship among text, philosopical value and critical difficulty through a rich sequence of nuanced close readings of especially demanding texts. Singularities addresses key moments in the work of seminal twentieth-century theorists, and by offering a critique of the very process of thematic reading, questions the whole direction of contemporary theory through a series of readings of sustained critical power. |