Philosophy of Literature Books

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1. On Manners

   By Karen Stohr

   Many otherwise enlightened people often dismiss etiquette as a trivial subject or—worse yet—as nothing but a disguise for moral hypocrisy or unjust social hierarchies. Such sentiments either mistakenly assume that most manners merely frame the “real issues” of any interpersonal exchange or...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-87538-7 | Paperback (Routledge)

2. Proust as Philosopher

   By Miguel de Beistegui

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-58432-6 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Paul de Man (Routledge Revivals): Deconstruction and the Critique of Aesthetic Ideology

   By Christopher Norris

   Paul de Man - literary critic, literary philosopher, "American deconstructionist" - changed the landscape of criticism through his rigorous theories and writings. Upon its original publication in 1988, Christopher Norris' book was the first full-length introduction to de Man, a reading that offers...

   July 2010 | 978-0-415-57930-8 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Habermas and Literary Rationality

   By David L. Colclasure

   Literary scholarship has paid little serious attention to Habermas' philosophy, and, on the other hand, the reception of Habermas has given little attention to the role that literary practice can play in a broader theory of communicative action. David Colclasure's argument sets out to demonstrate...

   May 2010 | 978-0-415-99471-2 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   Imagination, Philosophy and the Arts

   Edited by Matthew Kieran, Dominic McIver Lopes

   March 2010 | 978-0-415-59170-6 | Paperback (Routledge)

6. A Sense of the World: Essays on Fiction, Narrative, and Knowledge

   Edited by John Gibson, Wolfgang Huemer, Luca Pocci

   A team of leading contributors from both philosophical and literary backgrounds have been brought together in this impressive book to examine how works of literary fiction can be a source of knowledge. Together, they analyze the important trends in this current popular debate. The...

   September 2009 | 978-0-415-87553-0 | Paperback (Routledge)

7. Language and History in Adorno's Notes to Literature

   By Ulrich Plass

   Plass argues that Adorno’s essays on literature are of prime importance for an understanding of his aesthetics because they challenge the conceptual limitations of philosophical discourse....

   2006 | 978-0-415-97837-8 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   Philosophical Romanticism

   Edited by Nikolas Kompridis

   Philosophical Romanticism is one of the first books to address the relationship between philosophy and romanticism, an area which is currently undergoing a major revival. This collection of specially-written articles by world-class philosophers explores the contribution of romantic thought to...

   2006 | 978-0-415-25644-5 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Reading Cavell

   Edited by Alice Crary, Sanford Shieh

   Alongside Richard Rorty, Hilary Putnam and Jacques Derrida, Stanley Cavell is arguably one of the best-known philosophers in the world. This state-of-the-art collection explores the work of this original and interesting figure who has already been the subject of a number of books, conferences...

   2006 | 978-0-415-34639-9 | Paperback (Routledge)
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    Very Little ... Almost Nothing: Death, Philosophy and Literature, 2nd Edition

    By Simon Critchley

    Very Little ... Almost Nothing puts the question of the meaning of life back at the centre of intellectual debate. Its central concern is how we can find a meaning to human finitude without recourse to anything that transcends that finitude. A profound but secular meditation on the theme of death,...

    2004 | 978-0-415-34049-6 | Paperback (Routledge)