Touching literature, or the experience of the limit /
"Touching Literature attends to the story of touch that writers such as Marcel Proust, Clarice Lispector, Anthony Doerr, William Shakespeare, and E.E. Cummings endeavor to effectuate through their novels and poems. It also underscores how touch in their works might transgress certain limits, in...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Ithaca ; London :
Cornell University Press,
2026.
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| Summary: | "Touching Literature attends to the story of touch that writers such as Marcel Proust, Clarice Lispector, Anthony Doerr, William Shakespeare, and E.E. Cummings endeavor to effectuate through their novels and poems. It also underscores how touch in their works might transgress certain limits, including ethical ones, contrary to the more tactful approaches called for by several French thinkers."-- |
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| Physical Description: | 228 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-221) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781501716300 1501716301 9781501787997 1501787993 |