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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812598203321

Autore

Gumbrecht Hans Ulrich

Titolo

Making sense in life and literature / / Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht ; translated by Glen Burns ; foreword by Wlad Godzich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 1992

©1992

ISBN

0-8166-8383-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 347 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Theory and history of literature ; ; v. 79

Disciplina

801

801/.95

Soggetti

Literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc

Aesthetics, Modern - 20th century

History - Philosophy

Hermeneutics

Criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-329) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword: Figuring Out What Matters;  or, The Microphysics of History Wlad Godzich; Part I. Inverted Perspective; Part II. Historical Representation and Life World; Part III. Failures of Modernity; Part IV. After Literature?; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"The translation of these essays by Gumbrecht on literary theory and history marks the appearance in English of one of Europe's most learned, productive, and inventive scholars. Their range is extraordinary. They show that Gumbrecht is not only a sophisticated theorist and historian of literature, but a master practitioner of cultural studies." --Hayden White, University of California, Santa Cruz