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Silence in Modern Literature and Philosophy

Beckett, Barthes, Nancy, Stevens

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Fachbuch

Buch. Hardcover

1st ed. 2018. 2018

ix, 199 S. Bibliographien.

In englischer Sprache

Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-3-319-93478-5

Format (B x L): 14,8 x 21 cm

Gewicht: 406 g

Produktbeschreibung

This book discusses the elusive centrality of silence in modern literature and philosophy, focusing on the writing and theory of Jean-Luc Nancy and Roland Barthes, the prose of Samuel Beckett, and the poetry of Wallace Stevens. It suggests that silence is best understood according to two categories: apophasis and reticence. Apophasis is associated with theology, and relates to a silence of ineffability and transcendence; reticence is associated with phenomenology, and relates to a silence of listenership and speechlessness. In a series of diverse though interrelated readings, the study examines figures of broken silence and silent voice in the prose of Samuel Beckett, the notion of shared silence in Jean-Luc Nancy and Roland Barthes, and ways in which the poetry of Wallace Stevens mounts lyrical negotiations with forms of unsayability and speechlessness.