The end of meaning :: studies in catastrophe /

From the poetry of classical Greece to the popular culture of contemporary America, this book seeks to show that catastrophe, precisely as the notion of the sui generis, has always been generic. To single out catastrophe as the exceptional, or the monstrous, or the modern, runs contrary to the propo...

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1. Verfasser: Gumpert, Matthew
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, 2012.
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Zusammenfassung:From the poetry of classical Greece to the popular culture of contemporary America, this book seeks to show that catastrophe, precisely as the notion of the sui generis, has always been generic. To single out catastrophe as the exceptional, or the monstrous, or the modern, runs contrary to the proposition underlying the essays here.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (lxxvii, 497 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 454-497).
ISBN:9781443839433
1443839434

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