Beasts of the modern imagination : Darwin, Nietzsche, Kafka, Ernst, and Lawrence / / Margot Norris |
Autore | Norris Margot |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Johns Hopkins University Press |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1 online resource (xii, 265 pages :) : illustrations) |
Disciplina | 809/.93384 |
Soggetto topico |
Psychoanalysis and literature
Literature and science Art, Modern - 20th century Mimesis in literature Animals in literature Anthropomorphism Human beings - Animal nature Comparative literature - Themes, motives Literature, Modern - 20th century - History and criticism |
Soggetto genere / forma | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
Soggetto non controllato | Literature: history & criticism |
ISBN | 1-4214-3132-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction: The biocentric tradition -- 2. Darwin's reading of nature -- 3. Darwin, Nietzsche, Kafka, and the problem of mimesis -- 5. Nietzsche's Ecce homo: Behold the beast -- 6. Kafka's "Josefine": The animal as the negative site of narration -- 7. Max Ernst: The rhetorical beast of the visual arts -- 8. The ontology of D.H. Lawrence's St. Mawr -- 9. The animal and violence in Hemingway's Death in the afternoon -- 10. Conclusion: The biocentric tradition in context. |
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Norris Margot
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A cultural history of causality [[electronic resource] ] : science, murder novels, and systems of thought / / Stephen Kern |
Autore | Kern Stephen |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (448 p.) |
Disciplina | 809/.93384 |
Soggetto topico |
Causation in literature
Murder in literature Causation Fiction - 19th century - History and criticism Fiction - 20th century - History and criticism |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-15780-9
9786612157806 1-4008-2623-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Ancestry -- 2. Childhood -- 3. Language -- 4. Sexuality -- 5. Emotion -- 6. Mind -- 7. Society -- 8. Ideas -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455258003321 |
Kern Stephen
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A cultural history of causality [[electronic resource] ] : science, murder novels, and systems of thought / / Stephen Kern |
Autore | Kern Stephen |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (448 p.) |
Disciplina | 809/.93384 |
Soggetto topico |
Causation in literature
Murder in literature Causation Fiction - 19th century - History and criticism Fiction - 20th century - History and criticism |
ISBN |
1-282-15780-9
9786612157806 1-4008-2623-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Ancestry -- 2. Childhood -- 3. Language -- 4. Sexuality -- 5. Emotion -- 6. Mind -- 7. Society -- 8. Ideas -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778222703321 |
Kern Stephen
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Everyday stories / / Rachel Bowlby |
Autore | Bowlby Rachel |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (197 p.) |
Disciplina | 809/.93384 |
Collana | Literary Agenda |
Soggetto topico |
Literature - Philosophy
Time in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-19-104347-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; The Literary Agenda: Everyday Stories; Copyright; Dedication; Series Introduction; Contents; Introduction; Notes; 1: The Daily Narrative Journey; Notes; 2: Commuting; Notes; 3: Numbered Days and Diaries; Notes; 4: A Single Man and a Single Day; Notes; 5: How Not to be Parented: Speech Creatures in Pamela and Pride and Prejudice; Notes; 6: The Psychological Moment; Notes; 7: Marion Milner's Days of One's Own; Notes; 8: 'An Ordinary Mind on an Ordinary Day'; Notes; 9: Woolf 's Untold Stories; Afterstory; Notes; 10: Consuming; Notes; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465696603321 |
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Everyday stories / / Rachel Bowlby |
Autore | Bowlby Rachel |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (197 p.) |
Disciplina | 809/.93384 |
Collana | Literary Agenda |
Soggetto topico |
Literature - Philosophy
Time in literature |
ISBN | 0-19-104347-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; The Literary Agenda: Everyday Stories; Copyright; Dedication; Series Introduction; Contents; Introduction; Notes; 1: The Daily Narrative Journey; Notes; 2: Commuting; Notes; 3: Numbered Days and Diaries; Notes; 4: A Single Man and a Single Day; Notes; 5: How Not to be Parented: Speech Creatures in Pamela and Pride and Prejudice; Notes; 6: The Psychological Moment; Notes; 7: Marion Milner's Days of One's Own; Notes; 8: 'An Ordinary Mind on an Ordinary Day'; Notes; 9: Woolf 's Untold Stories; Afterstory; Notes; 10: Consuming; Notes; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798431503321 |
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Everyday stories / / Rachel Bowlby |
Autore | Bowlby Rachel |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (197 p.) |
Disciplina | 809/.93384 |
Collana | Literary Agenda |
Soggetto topico |
Literature - Philosophy
Time in literature |
ISBN | 0-19-104347-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; The Literary Agenda: Everyday Stories; Copyright; Dedication; Series Introduction; Contents; Introduction; Notes; 1: The Daily Narrative Journey; Notes; 2: Commuting; Notes; 3: Numbered Days and Diaries; Notes; 4: A Single Man and a Single Day; Notes; 5: How Not to be Parented: Speech Creatures in Pamela and Pride and Prejudice; Notes; 6: The Psychological Moment; Notes; 7: Marion Milner's Days of One's Own; Notes; 8: 'An Ordinary Mind on an Ordinary Day'; Notes; 9: Woolf 's Untold Stories; Afterstory; Notes; 10: Consuming; Notes; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827912403321 |
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Finite transcendence : existential exile and the myth of home / / Steven A. Burr |
Autore | Burr Steven A. <1975-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (212 p.) |
Disciplina | 809/.93384 |
Soggetto topico |
Existentialism in literature
Exiles in literature Home in literature Exile (Punishment) in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-7391-8796-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: The Ontological Situation; 1 Finitude; 2 Existential Exile; II: Betwixt and Between; 3 Absurdity and Exile; 4 Revolt and [Re-]Union; III: Home; 5 Finitude and Faith, Exile and [Re-]Union; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458002003321 |
Burr Steven A. <1975->
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Finite transcendence : existential exile and the myth of home / / Steven A. Burr |
Autore | Burr Steven A. <1975-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (212 p.) |
Disciplina | 809/.93384 |
Soggetto topico |
Existentialism in literature
Exiles in literature Home in literature Exile (Punishment) in literature |
ISBN | 0-7391-8796-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: The Ontological Situation; 1 Finitude; 2 Existential Exile; II: Betwixt and Between; 3 Absurdity and Exile; 4 Revolt and [Re-]Union; III: Home; 5 Finitude and Faith, Exile and [Re-]Union; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791035503321 |
Burr Steven A. <1975->
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Finite transcendence : existential exile and the myth of home / / Steven A. Burr |
Autore | Burr Steven A. <1975-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (212 p.) |
Disciplina | 809/.93384 |
Soggetto topico |
Existentialism in literature
Exiles in literature Home in literature Exile (Punishment) in literature |
ISBN | 0-7391-8796-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: The Ontological Situation; 1 Finitude; 2 Existential Exile; II: Betwixt and Between; 3 Absurdity and Exile; 4 Revolt and [Re-]Union; III: Home; 5 Finitude and Faith, Exile and [Re-]Union; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823913103321 |
Burr Steven A. <1975->
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The game of probability [[electronic resource] ] : literature and calculation from Pascal to Kleist / / Rudiger Campe ; translated by Ellwood H. Wiggins, Jr |
Autore | Campe Rüdiger |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stanford, California, : Stanford University Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (503 p.) |
Disciplina | 809/.93384 |
Altri autori (Persone) | WigginsEllwood |
Collana |
Cultural Memory in the Present
Cultural memory in the present |
Soggetto topico |
European literature - 17th century - History and criticism
European literature - 18th century - History and criticism Probability in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8047-8466-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Introduction; Part I. Games for Example; 1. Theology and the Law: Dice in the Air; 2. Numbers and Calculation in Context: The Game of Decision-Pascal; 3. Writing the Calculation of Chances: Justiceand Fair Game-Christiaan Huygens; 4. Probability, a Postscript to the Theory of Chance: Logic and Contractual Law-Arnauld, Leibniz, Pufendorf; 5. Probability Applied: Ancient Topoi and the Theory of Games of Chance-Jacob Bernoulli; 6. Continued Proclamations: The Law of logica probabilium-Leibniz; 7. Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, or, The Improbability of Survival
Part II. Verisimilitude Spelled Out8. Numbers and Tables in Narration: Juristsand Clergymen and Their Bureaucratic Hobbies; 9. Novels and Tables: Defoe's A Journal of the Plague Year and Schnabel's Die Insel Felsenburg; 10. The Theory of Probability and the Form of the Novel: Daniel Bernoulli on Utility Value, the Anthropology of Risk, and Gellert's Epistolary Fiction; 11. "Improbable Probability": The Theory of the Novel and Its Trope-Fielding's Tom Jones and Wieland's Agathon; 12. The Appearance of Truth: Logic, Aesthetics,and Experimentation-Lambert 13. "Probable" or Plausible": Mathematical Formula Versus Philosophical Discourse-Kant14. Kleist's "Improbable Veracities," or, A Romantic Ending; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography |
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