Lateness and Modern European Literature by Ben Hutchinson (English) Hardcover Bo

Description: Lateness and Modern European Literature by Ben Hutchinson Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Ben Hutchinson proposes a major new reading of modern literature understood not as that which is new, but as that which is late. Exploring the ways in which European literature repeatedly defines itself through a sense of chronology and imitation, he argues that lateness can be understood as an expression of modernitys quest for legitimacy. Publisher Description Modern European literature has traditionally been seen as a series of attempts to assert successive styles of writing as new. In this groundbreaking study, Ben Hutchinson argues that literary modernity can in fact be understood not as that which is new, but as that which is late. Exploring the ways in which European literature repeatedly defines itself through a sense of senescence or epigonality, Hutchinson shows that the shifting manifestations of latenesssince romanticism express modernitys continuing quest for legitimacy. With reference to a wide range of authors--from Mary Shelley, Chateaubriand, and Immermann, via Baudelaire, Henry James, andNietzsche, to Valery, Djuna Barnes, and Adorno-- he combines close readings of canonical texts with historical and theoretical comparisons of numerous national contexts. Out of this broad comparative sweep emerges a taxonomy of lateness, of the diverse ways in which modern writers can be understood, in the words of Nietzsche, as creatures facing backwards. Ambitious and original, Lateness and Modern European Literature offers a significant new model for understanding literarymodernity. Author Biography Ben Hutchinson is Professor of European Literature at the University of Kent. He has published widely on German, French, and English literature, including the monographs Rilkes Poetics of Becoming (2006), W. G. Sebald. Die dialektische Imagination (2009), and Modernism and Style (2011), as well as the co-edited volumes Archive: Comparative Critical Studies 8: 2-3 (2011) and A Literature of Restitution: Critical Essays onW.G. Sebald (2013). He is also active as a critic, writing for publications including the Times Literary Supplement, The Observer, and the Literary Review. In 2011, he was awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize. Details ISBN 0198767692 ISBN-13 9780198767695 Title Lateness and Modern European Literature Author Ben Hutchinson Format Hardcover Year 2016 Pages 404 Publisher Oxford University Press GE_Item_ID:139292829; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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