Commiserating with Devastated Things seeks to understand the place Milan Kundera calls "e;the universe of the novel."e; Working through Kundera's oeuvre as well as the continental philosophical tradition, Wirth argues that Kundera transforms-not applies-philosophical reflection within literature.Reading between Kundera's work and his self-avowed tradition, from Kafka to Hermann Broch, Wirth asks what it might mean to insist that philosophy does not have a monopoly on wisdom, that the novel has its own modes of wisdom that challenge philosophy's.
| ISBN: | 9780823268221 |
| Publication date: | 20th October 2015 |
| Author: | Wirth, Jason M. |
| Publisher: | Fordham University Press |
| Format: | Ebook |
Commiserating with Devastated Things seeks to understand the place Milan Kundera calls "e;the universe of the novel."e; Working through Kundera's oeuvre as well as the continental philosophical tradition, Wirth argues that Kundera transforms-not applies-philosophical reflection within literature.Reading between Kundera's work and his self-avowed tradition, from Kafka to Hermann Broch, Wirth asks what it might mean to insist that philosophy does not have a monopoly on wisdom, that the novel has its own modes of wisdom that challenge philosophy's.
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Commiserating with Devastated Things was written by Wirth, Jason M. and published by Fordham University Press
£55.00. Digital. Available Immediately. Country restrictions apply..