The Imaginary Library: An Essay on Literature and Society
Author:   Alvin B. Kernan
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
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9780691642185


Pages:   196
Publication Date:   19 April 2016
Format:   Hardback
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In this speculative treatment of literature as a social institution, Alvin B. Kernan explores the inability of contemporary writers and critics to maintain a literary vision in a society that denies their values and methods. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Author:   Alvin B. Kernan
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780691642185


ISBN 10:   0691642184
Pages:   196
Publication Date:   19 April 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Language:   English

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"*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Acknowledgments, pg. vii*Introduction. The Place of Poetry in the World, pg. 3*I. The Actual and Imaginary Library: Literature as a Social Institution, pg. 12*II. Mighty Poets in their Misery Dead: The Death of the Poet in Saul Bellow's Humboldt's Gift, pg. 37*III. ""Battering the Object"": The Attack on the Literary Text in Malamud's the Tenants, pg. 66*IV. Reading Zemblan: The Audience Disappears in Nabokov's Pale Fire, pg. 89*V. The Taking of the Moon: The Struggle of the Poetic and Scientific Myths in Norman Mailer's of a Fire on the Moon, pg. 130*VI. Finding the New Thing, pg. 162*Works Cited, pg. 176*Index, pg. 181"

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