{"product_id":"the-singularity-of-literature-paperback","title":"The Singularity of Literature - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDerek Attridge\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Iliad\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBeowulf \u003c\/em\u003eprovide rich sources of historical information. The novels of Henry Fielding and Henry James may be instructive in the art of moral living. Some go further and argue that Emile Zola and Harriet Beecher Stowe played a part in ameliorating the lives of those existing in harsh circumstances. However, as Derek Attridge argues in this outstanding and acclaimed book, none of these capacities is distinctive of literature. What is the singularity of literature? Do the terms \"literature\" and \"the literary\" refer to actual entities found in cultures at certain times, or are they merely expressions characteristic of such cultures? Attridge argues that this resistance to definition and reduction is not a dead end, but a crucial starting point from which to explore anew the power and practices of Western art. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDerek Attridge provides a rich new vocabulary for literature, rethinking such terms as \"invention,\" \"singularity,\" \"otherness,\" \"alterity,\" \"performance\" and \"form.\" He returns literature to the realm of ethics, and argues for the ethical importance of literature, demonstrating how a new understanding of the literary might be put to work in a \"responsible,\" creative mode of reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Singularity of Literature is not only a major contribution to the theory of literature, but also a celebration of the extraordinary pleasure of the literary, for reader, writer, student or critic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis Routledge Classics edition includes a new preface by the author.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDerek Attridge\u003c\/strong\u003e is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of York, UK. He is the author or editor of twenty-five books, including \u003cem\u003ePeculiar Language: Literature as Difference from the Renaissance to James Joyce\u003c\/em\u003e (Routledge, 2004), \u003cem\u003eThe Work of Literature \u003c\/em\u003e(2015) and, with Henry Staten, \u003cem\u003eThe Craft of Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e (Routledge, 2015). \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 222\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 27, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47335306461433,"sku":"9781138701274","price":56.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/bDI0T3dBaWdGNitacm1zbmllRnUxZz09.webp?v=1769657890","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-singularity-of-literature-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}