1st Edition
The Extreme In-between (politics and Literature) Jean Paulhan's Place in the Twentieth Century
By Anna-Louise Milne
Copyright 2006
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book explores the space Jean Paulhan sought to carve out, between art for art's sake and art for political ends, thereby establishing more clearly his place in the twentieth century. It deals with the challenge of Paulhan's work to represent contemporary, deconstructionist suspicions of truth.
Introduction 1. Impure Ideas 2. Equality, or Every Good Cat Deserves a Good Rat 3. Fraternity, or The Pleasure of Lying Together 4. Liberty, or the Power of Words 5. Universal Surprises, Surprising Universals 6. Afterword: Writing Quietly
Biography
Anna-Louise Milne
