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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461527203321

Autore

Melaney William D

Titolo

Material difference [[electronic resource] ] : modernism and the allegories of discourse / / William D. Melaney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Rodopi, 2012

ISBN

1-280-49720-3

9786613592439

94-012-0734-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Collana

TextxeT : studies in comparative literature ; ; 65

Disciplina

808

Soggetti

Modernism (Literature) - History and criticism

Allegory

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Allegories of discourse -- pt. 2. Allegorical prose -- pt. 3. Allegorical poetry -- pt. 4. The allegorical imagination.

Sommario/riassunto

Material Difference: Modernism and the Allegories of Discourse argues that deconstruction can be employed in conjunction with the historically-oriented approach to cultural experience that is favored by Critical Theory. The two discourses that inform this comparative study situate Modernism between evolving traditions that begin with Hegel and Nietzsche, leading on to Adorno’s commitment to philosophical aesthetics and Derrida’s concern for writing ( écriture ). Interrelated discussions of eight major authors, working in four different languages, are presented to show how allegorical Modernism foreshadows the possibility of cultural history. Joyce, Kafka, Malraux, Rilke, and Stevens are among the authors discussed in this book. The notion of material difference allows literature to be redefined in semiotic terms and demonstrates how the allegorical imagination mediates between art and time.