Redeeming Words and the Promise of Happiness: A Critical Theory Approach to Wallace Stevens and Vladimir Nabokov

by David Michael Kleinberg-Levin

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This book offers a philosophical reflection on the nature of language by reading some exemplary works of literature. Drawing on the thought of philosophers--especially Plato, Kant, Hegel, Emerson, Benjamin, Adorno, Heidegger and Wittgenstein, the author argues that language is the bearer of a utopian or messianic promise of happiness, and that by redeeming the revelatory power of words, the two writers in this study are contributing to the redemption...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0739177516

ISBN13:9780739177518

Release Date:August 2012

Publisher:Rlpg/Galleys

Length:238 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"

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Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Philosophy

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