The Art of Distances Ethical Thinking in Twentieth-Century Literature

The Art of Distances identifies a preoccupation with interpersonal distance in a strand of 20th-century literature that includes the work of Orwell, Morand, Canetti, Murdoch, Benjamin, Ernaux, Grass, and Galgut. Specifically, Stan shows that these authors engage in philosophical meditations on the e...

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Main Author: Stan, Corina (auth)
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Language:English
Published: Northwestern University Press 2018
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