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Binion, Rudolph

 
9780313304583: Sounding the Classics: From Sophocles to Thomas Mann
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0313304580 ISBN 13 : 9780313304583
Editeur : Greenwood Press, 1997

Synopsis

This book is a comparative study of 12 works of fiction broadly representative of the Western canon. Its aim is to discover what gives these 12 works their lasting appeal and vitality over and beyond their formal qualities. It focuses on the interplay of text and subtext within each work after defining these terms at the outset. It then compares its 12 sample classics systematically in a conclusion that argues from the works themselves to classics in general.

Binion's key finding is that for a piece of fiction to feel deep, whole, and great, as classics do, its text must be underpinned from start to finish by a subtext, or alternative reading, which calls that text itself into question. A book for scholar, student and educated public alike, no serious reader will be able to consider what makes a classic without reference to this work.

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À propos de l'auteur

RUDOLPH BINION is Leff Professor of History at Brandeis University. He is the author of numerous works including Hitler Among the Germans (1979) and Love Beyond Death (1993).

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Éditeur
Greenwood Press
Date d'édition
1997
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0313304580
ISBN 13 
9780313304583
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
176
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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