Exiguity : Reflections on the Margins of Literature / / François Pare ; translated from the French by Lin Burman

• Autore: Pare François <1949->
• Pubblicazione: Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c1997
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (190 p.)
• Disciplina: 809.8920693; 809/.8920693
• Soggetto topico: Literature - Minority authors - History and criticism
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: BurmanLin <1950->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-160) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Exiguity: Reflections on the Margins of Literature; For a Critique of the Eternal; Notes; Appendix; Table of Headings; Authors Index; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: For the past four centuries, five major languages have dominated Western literature. This domination has excluded or rendered marginal all other literatures - has, in effect, diminished literary diversity and endangered the existence of the literature of "smaller" cultures. In an illuminating defence for their preservation, François Paré reflects on the diversity of cultures and languages in the world and on the fantastic richness of "smaller" literatures. He offers us memorable samples of this diversity and, in his original and thought-provoking style, tantalizes us with critical
• Titolo autorizzato: Exiguity
• ISBN: 1-282-23263-0; 9786613810373; 0-88920-655-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154727103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II