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Literary cynics : Borges, Beckett, Coetzee
- Title
- Literary cynics : Borges, Beckett, Coetzee / Arthur Rose.
- Author
- Rose, Arthur, 1981-
- Publication
- London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Plc, 2017.
- ©2017
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Details
- Description
- xi, 244 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Literary Cynics reconsiders the meanings of words like cynicism and cosmopolitanism for Jorge Luis Borges, Samuel Beckett and J.M. Coetzee, testing the limits of their merely cynical cosmopolitanism. Arthur Rose takes as his starting point three moments of aesthetic crisis in the careers of these literary cynics: Borges's parables of the 1950s, Beckett's plays of the 1980s, and Coetzee's pedagogic novels of the 2000s. In their transition to a 'late style', Rose demonstrates how these writers develop rhetorical strategies for coping with fame, cosmopolitanism and aesthetic form that become useful when returning to the canonical texts of their respective 'high' periods. In addition to these 'late' works, Literary Cynics offers a rigorous rapprochement to classic, lesser known, and archival texts by the three writers, from Coetzee's Disgrace to Beckett's letters."--
- Subjects
- Literature, Modern
- Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989
- Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986
- Coetzee, J. M., 1940-
- Cynicism in literature
- 1900-1999
- Literature, Modern > 20th century > History and criticism
- Zynismus
- Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 > Criticism and interpretation
- Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986 > Criticism and interpretation
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Coetzee, J. M., 1940- > Criticism and interpretation
- Semantische Antinomie
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-239) and index.
- Contents
- Paradox One: Money problems in Borges, Beckett and Coetzee -- The currency of cosmopolitan fame -- Paradox Two: Coetzee, Borges and negotiated truth -- Borges's parables -- Paradox Three: Borges, Beckett and the sincerity paradox -- Beckett's impromptus -- Paradox Four: Locating Beckett in Patagonia and South Africa -- Coetzee's lessons -- Paradox Five: Creaturely dog men -- Conclusion: On mere life.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-2601
- ISBN
- 9781474258647
- 1474258646
- 1474258670
- 9781474258678
- LCCN
- 2016052100
- OCLC
- 975020873
- Author
- Rose, Arthur, 1981- author.
- Title
- Literary cynics : Borges, Beckett, Coetzee / Arthur Rose.
- Publisher
- London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Plc, 2017.
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-239) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Other Form:
- Online version: Rose, Arthur. Literary cynics. London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017 9781474258661 (OCoLC)971119040
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-2601