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Fate of the Self : German Writers and French Theory by Stanley Corngold (1986, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherColumbia University Press
ISBN-100231061749
ISBN-139780231061742
eBay Product ID (ePID)90601
Product Key Features
Number of Pages279 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameFate of the Self : German Writers and French Theory
SubjectMovements / Deconstruction, European / German, General, Semiotics & Theory, Subjects & Themes / General
Publication Year1986
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Philosophy
AuthorStanley Corngold
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight3.3 Oz
Item Length1 in
Item Width0.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN85-011292
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition19
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal830/.9/353
SynopsisMuch recent critical theory has dismissed or failed to take seriously the question of the self. French theorists--such as Derrida, Barthes, Benveniste, Foucault, Lacan, and Levi-Strauss--have in various ways proclaimed the death of the subject, often turning to German intellectual tradition to authorize their views. Stanley Corngold's heralded book, The Fate of the Self , published for the first time in paperback with a spirited new preface, appears at a time when the relationship between the self and literature is a matter of renewed concern. Originally published in 1986 (Columbia University Press), the book examines the poetic self of German intellectual tradition in light of recent French and American critical theory. Focusing on seven major German writers--Holderlin, Dilthey, Nietzsche, Mann, Kafka, Freud, and Heidegger--Corngold shows that their work does not support the desire to discredit the self as an origin of meaning and value but reconstructs the allegedly fragmented poetic self through effects of position and style. Offering new and subtle models of selfhood, The Fate of the Self is a source of rich insight into the work of these authors, refracted through poststructuralist critical perspectives.
LC Classification NumberPT148.S34C67 1986
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