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Foucault and Fiction develops a unique approach to thinking about the power of literature by drawing upon the often neglected concept of. Imprint: Continuum Of interest to readers in both philosophy and literary studies, this book offers. www.farmersmarketmusic.com: Foucault and Fiction: The Experience Book (Continuum Literary Studies Series) (): Timothy O'Leary: Books.
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Instead, I would argue that literature has a distinctive way of bringing about changes which, for other individuals, or at other times, may be effected by different means. Amazon Renewed Refurbished products with a warranty. And, second, does this emphasis on the ethical imply that any change which emerges from an engagement with a work of literature will be a change for the good? In other words, art cannot be isolated and confined to a special realm in which we use special faculties such as imagination and creativity to produce and discern objects of beauty. Foucault and Fiction is pleasurable to read and astute in its use of philosophy, literature theory and reception studies. Yeats in , W.
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Literature, experience, and ethics 2. Foucault's turn from literature 4. Language, culture, and confusion: Foucault's concept of experience 6.