The Poetics of Shadows: The Double in Literature and Philosophy

The essays in this collection attest to the richness of the double motif in literature and philosophy. Veering away from predominantly psychoanalytical readings of narratives which foreground the double (or doppelganger), which have formed the basis of much scholarly discussions of this motif, the c...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Hock Soon Ng, Andrew (HerausgeberIn)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Hannover ibidem 2012
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
The essays in this collection attest to the richness of the double motif in literature and philosophy. Veering away from predominantly psychoanalytical readings of narratives which foreground the double (or doppelganger), which have formed the basis of much scholarly discussions of this motif, the contributions in this volume privilege divergent philosophical leanings - ranging from Rousseau to Kierkegaard, from Christian philosophy to Eastern mysticism - to elicit the layered nuances and signifiers of this elusive motif. Narratives interrogated in this collection include the works of Dickens, Blanchot, Edmund Jabés, Orhan Pamuk, Chuck Palahniuk and Don Delillo, among others.
Umfang:
1 online resource (190 pages)
ISBN:
3-8382-5735-9
Schlagworte:
German literature > History and criticism.
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