The Aesthetics of Clarity and Confusion : Literature and Engagement since Nietzsche and the Naturalists / / by Geoffrey A. Baker
| The Aesthetics of Clarity and Confusion : Literature and Engagement since Nietzsche and the Naturalists / / by Geoffrey A. Baker |
| Autore | Baker Geoffrey <1973-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIV, 279 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809 |
| Collana | Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature |
| Soggetto topico |
Comparative literature
Literature - Philosophy European literature Comparative Literature Literary Theory European Literature |
| ISBN |
9783319421711
3319421719 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Literary Activism, Clarity and Confusion -- Chapter 1: "For Love of Clarity": Émile Zola, Practice, and the Political Potential of Realistic Literature -- Chapter 2: Grounds for Confusion: Nietzsche, Theory, and the Political Potential of Anti-Realism -- Chapter 3: Between Theory and Practice: Matthew Arnold, Thomas Mann, Julien Benda, and the Purpose of the Intellectual -- Chapter 4: "Different Kinds of Clarity": Science, Sense, and Utilitarian Realism in Bertolt Brecht -- Chapter 5: Pressing Engagement: Jean-Paul Sartre and the Aesthetic Problem of the Political -- Chapter 6: An Other Engagement: Simone de Beauvoir and the Ethical Problem of the Political -- Conclusion: Contemporary Engagements with Clarity and Confusion -- Works Cited. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910156335103321 |
Baker Geoffrey <1973->
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Realism's Empire : Empiricism and Enchantment in the Nineteenth-Century Novel / / Geoffrey Baker
| Realism's Empire : Empiricism and Enchantment in the Nineteenth-Century Novel / / Geoffrey Baker |
| Autore | Baker Geoffrey <1973-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Columbus : , : The Ohio State University Press, , 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 246 p. ) |
| Disciplina | 809/.912 |
| Soggetto topico |
German literature - 19th century - History and criticism
French literature - 19th century - History and criticism English literature - 19th century - History and criticism Realism in literature |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8142-7140-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Empiricism and empire : La peau de chagrin -- Marginal realism in Le Pere Goriot -- Realism, romance, and La fille aux yeux d'or -- Economies of romance and history in Phineas Finn -- Mapping and unmapping Phineas Finn and Phineas redux -- Global London and the way we live now -- "Berlin wird Weltstadt" : nation, city, and world in Cecile -- The imaginative geography of Effi Briest -- Conclusion : the limits of "realism". |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910552781903321 |
Baker Geoffrey <1973->
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| Columbus : , : The Ohio State University Press, , 2009 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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