Languages of the Unsayable - The Play of Negativity in Literature and Literary Theory

This volume brings together fifteen outstanding literary theorists and philosophers to examine ways to make the unsayable--that which has been excluded by what is sayable--tangible.

About the author

Sanford Budick is Professor of English and Director of the Center for Literary Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Wolfgang Iser is Professor of English at the University of California, Irvine.

Summary

This volume brings together fifteen outstanding literary theorists and philosophers to examine ways to make the unsayable-that which has been excluded by what is sayable-tangible.

Additional text

“This is a very strong collection of essays on a central topic in literary theory. It includes major original statements by a stellar line-up of some of the most prominent theorists of the negative.”—Paul B. Armstrong, University of Oregon

Product details

• Assisted by: Sanford Budick (Editor), Wolfgang Iser (Editor)
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780804724838
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-2483-8
• No. of pages: 420
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 230 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 572 g
• Series: Irvine Studies in the Humaniti; Irvine Studies in the Humanities; Irvine Studies in the Humanities; Irvine Studies in the Humaniti
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies