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Author Chodat, Robert, 1970-

Title Worldly acts and sentient things [electronic resource] : the persistence of agency from Stein to DeLillo / Robert Chodat.

Imprint Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xi, 254 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : French cathedrals and other forms of life -- Sense, science, and slight contacts with other people's minds -- Embodiment and the inside -- The prose of persons -- Selves, sentences, and the styles of holism -- Embodiment and the outside -- The culture and its loaded words -- Conclusion : person and presence, stories and theories.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Agent (Philosophy) in literature.
Consciousness in literature.
Subjectivity in literature.
Philosophy, Modern, in literature.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780801446788 (cloth : alk. paper)
0801446783 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801462474 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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