The Silence of Bartleby - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Silence of Bartleby write by Dan McCall. This book was released on 1989. The Silence of Bartleby available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In The Silence of Bartleby, Dan McCall proposes a new reading of Herman Melville's classic short tale "Bartleby, The Scrivener." McCall discuss in detail how "Bartleby has been read in the last half-century by practitioners of widely used critical methodologies--including source-study, psychoanalytic interpretation, and Marxist analysis. He argues that in these elaborate readings of the tale, the text itself may be lost, for critics frequently seem to be more interested in their own concerns than in Melville's. Efforts to enrich "Bartleby" may actually impoverish it, preventing us from experiencing the sense of wonder and pain that the story provides. McCall combines close readings of Melville's tale with a lively analysis of over four decades of commentary, and he includes the complete text of story itself as an appendix, encouraging us to read the story on its own terms.
Life Is Hard
Life Is Hard - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Life Is Hard write by Kieran Setiya. This book was released on 2023-10-03. Life Is Hard available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER AND THE ECONOMIST “Life Is Hard is a humane consolation for challenging times. Reading it is like speaking with a thoughtful friend who never tells you to cheer up, but, by offering gentle companionship and a change of perspective, makes you feel better anyway.” —The New York Times Book Review There is no cure for the human condition: life is hard. But Kieran Setiya believes philosophy can help. He offers us a map for navigating rough terrain, from personal trauma to the injustice and absurdity of the world. In this profound and personal book, Setiya shows how the tools of philosophy can help us find our way. Drawing on ancient and modern philosophy as well as fiction, history, memoir, film, comedy, social science, and stories from Setiya’s own experience, Life Is Hard is a book for this moment—a work of solace and compassion. Warm, accessible, and good-humored, this book is about making the best of a bad lot. It offers guidance for coping with pain and making new friends, for grieving the lost and failing with grace, for confronting injustice and searching for meaning in life. Countering pop psychologists and online influencers who admonish us to “find our bliss” and “live our best lives,” Setiya acknowledges that the best is often out of reach. Instead, he asks how we can weather life’s adversities, finding hope and living well when life is hard.
Companion to Literature
Companion to Literature - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Companion to Literature write by Abby H. P. Werlock. This book was released on 2009. Companion to Literature available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Praise for the previous edition:Booklist/RBB "Twenty Best Bets for Student Researchers"RUSA/ALA "Outstanding Reference Source"" ... useful ... Recommended for public libraries and undergraduates."
Melville & Women
Melville & Women - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Melville & Women write by Elizabeth A. Schultz. This book was released on 2006. Melville & Women available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Throughout his life, Melville lived surrounded by women, and he wove women's experiences into most of his literary work, early and late. The 12 essays in this collection extend the interest in Melville and women evident in recent scholarship, biography, art, and drama.
Silence and Subject in Modern Literature
Silence and Subject in Modern Literature - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Silence and Subject in Modern Literature write by U. Olsson. This book was released on 2013-10-10. Silence and Subject in Modern Literature available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Why does interrogation silence its object and not make it speak? Silence vs speech is a central issue in classical and modern literary works. This book studies literary representations of the power relations in which we are forced to speak using a range of texts ranging from the modern crime novel, via classics, to avant-garde plays.
