Silence in Modern Literature and Philosophy: Beckett, Barthes, Nancy, Stevens

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Gould, Thomas (2018) Silence in Modern Literature and Philosophy: Beckett, Barthes, Nancy, Stevens. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-319-93478-5

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Official URL: https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783319934785

Abstract

This book discusses the elusive centrality of silence in modern literature and philosophy, focusing on the writing and theory of Jean-Luc Nancy and Roland Barthes, the prose of Samuel Beckett, and the poetry of Wallace Stevens. It suggests that silence is best understood according to two categories: apophasis and reticence. Apophasis is associated with theology, and relates to a silence of ineffability and transcendence; reticence is associated with phenomenology, and relates to a silence of listenership and speechlessness. In a series of diverse though interrelated readings, the study examines figures of broken silence and silent voice in the prose of Samuel Beckett, the notion of shared silence in Jean-Luc Nancy and Roland Barthes, and ways in which the poetry of Wallace Stevens mounts lyrical negotiations with forms of unsayability and speechlessness.

Item Type:	Book
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	18 Sep 2019 11:30
Last Modified:	24 Sep 2024 08:41
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/72281
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