Upon the "discovery of childhood," as named by Philippe Ariès, bourgeois culture and modern literature marked out an arcane realm that, while scarcely accessible for adults, acted as a space for projections of the most contradictory kind and diverse ideological purposes: childhood. As this book reveals, from the eighteenth century onwards, the child increasingly came into focus in literature as a mysterious creature. Now the child seems a strange being, constantly unsettling and alienating, although exposed to ongoing territorialization. This is possible because the space of 'childhood' is essentially blank and indefinite. Modernity, therefore, has discovered it as a zone, in the words of Friedrich Schiller of "boundless determinability."
| ISBN: | 9783035803167 |
| Publication date: | 18th May 2021 |
| Author: | Davide Giuriato |
| Publisher: | Diaphanes |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Series: | Think Art |
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Literary studies: general |
Upon the "discovery of childhood," as named by Philippe Ariès, bourgeois culture and modern literature marked out an arcane realm that, while scarcely accessible for adults, acted as a space for projections of the most contradictory kind and diverse ideological purposes: childhood. As this book reveals, from the eighteenth century onwards, the child increasingly came into focus in literature as a mysterious creature. Now the child seems a strange being, constantly unsettling and alienating, although exposed to ongoing territorialization. This is possible because the space of 'childhood' is essentially blank and indefinite. Modernity, therefore, has discovered it as a zone, in the words of Friedrich Schiller of "boundless determinability."
Infinitely Determinable features in the following genres: Literary studies: general
Infinitely Determinable is available in Paperback
Infinitely Determinable was written by Davide Giuriato and published by Diaphanes
Infinitely Determinable has 256 pages
Yes it is part of Think Art series