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UNINA9910149161703321 |
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Agamben Giorgio <1942-> |
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The fire and the tale / / Giorgio Agamben ; translated by Lorenzo Chiesa |
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Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , 2017 |
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©2017 |
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1 online resource (161 pages) |
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Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics |
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Literature - Aesthetics |
Literature - Philosophy |
Electronic books. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- The Fire and the Tale -- Mysterium Burocraticum -- Parable and Kingdom -- What Is the Act of Creation? -- Vortexes -- In the Name of What? -- Easter in Egypt -- On the Difficulty of Reading -- From the Book to the Screen: The Before and the After of the Book -- Opus Alchymicum -- Note on the Texts -- Notes |
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What is at stake in literature? Can we identify the fire that our stories have lost, but that they strive, at all costs, to rediscover? And what is the philosopher's stone that writers, with the passion of alchemists, struggle to forge in their word furnaces? For Giorgio Agamben, who suggests that the parable is the secret model of all narrative, every act of creation tenaciously resists creation, thereby giving each work its strength and grace. The ten essays brought together here cover works by figures ranging from Aristotle to Paul Klee and illustrate what urgently drives Agamben's current research. As is often the case with his writings, their especial focus is the mystery of literature, of reading and writing, and of language as a laboratory for conceiving an ethico-political perspective that places us beyond sovereign power. |
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UNINA9910483858003321 |
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Gilmour Michael J. |
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Creative compassion, literature and animal welfare / / Michael J. Gilmour |
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Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2020] |
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©2020 |
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[1st ed. 2020.] |
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1 online resource (XVII, 254 p.) |
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Palgrave Macmillan animal ethics series |
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Chapter 1. Introduction: The Parallel Voices of Modern Animal Welfare Movements and a Literature of Compassion -- Chapter 2. It's a Bad World for Animals: Activism and Sentimental Literature -- Chapter 3. Eating Meat, Eating Misery -- Chapter 4. Lessons on Animals and Science with Doctor Rat -- Chapter 5. St Francis Visits Rabbit Hill: Visions of Coexistence -- Chapter 6. A Sort of Temple: Religious Themes in Animal Literature -- Chapter 7: The Mark of Cain: Human Hunters and Animal Predators -- Chapter 8. Animals, Mourning, and Cat-lovin' Bastards. . |
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This book examines animal welfare themes in fiction, and considers how authors of the last two centuries undermine dominative attitudes toward the nonhuman. Appearing alongside the emerging humane movements of the nineteenth century and beyond is a kind of storytelling sympathetic to protectionist efforts well-described as a literature of protest. Compassion-inclined tales like the Dolittle adventures by Hugh Lofting educate readers on a wide range of ethical questions, empathize with the vulnerable, and envision peaceful coexistence with other species. Memorable characters like Black Beauty and Beautiful Joe, Ivan the gorilla and Louis the trumpeter swan, Hazel and Cheeta, Mr. Bultitude and Doctor Rat do not merely amuse. They are voices from the margins who speak with moral urgency to those with ears to hear. This broad survey of ethical themes in animal fiction highlights the unique contributions creative writers make toward |
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