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Lyotard, Literature and the Trauma of the differend D. Sawyer
Lyotard, Literature and the Trauma of the differend
D. Sawyer
This original study examines Jean-Francois Lyotard's philosophical concept of the differend and details its unexplored implications for literature. it provides a new framework with which to understand the discourse itself, from its Homeric beginnings to postmodern works by authors such as Michael Ondaatje and Jonathan Safran Foer.
272 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | May 23, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9781137383341 |
| Publishers | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | 259 |
| Dimensions | 155 × 225 × 20 mm · 498 g |