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Philosophy and Fiction An Introduction to Thinking Through Literature

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08.11.2022

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Englisch

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978-1-4766-8847-3

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Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Altersempfehlung

ab 18 Jahr(e)

Erscheinungsdatum

08.11.2022

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192

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22.9/15.2/1.1 cm

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287 g

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Englisch

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978-1-4766-8847-3

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  • Table of Contents

    Acknowledgments
    Preface
    Reading and Writing about Literature¿1
    Introduction
    "Philosophy and Fiction" and "Thinking through Literature"¿5 delete¿ deleteModern Fiction¿7 delete¿ deleteWhy Philosophy?¿9 delete¿ deleteThemes and Chapters¿11
    Chapter One. Nature
    Introduction¿13 delete¿ delete"Travelling during thunderstorms": "The ­Lightning-Rod Man" (1854) by Herman Melville¿16 delete¿ delete"An animal that has a bad
    reputation": "How I Killed a Bear" (1878) by Charles Dudley Warner¿22 delete¿ delete
    "The undying life of the world": "The Storm" (1898) by Kate Chopin¿29 delete¿ delete
    "A glitter in his eyes which I had often seen in the eyes of wild beasts": "The Leopard Man's Story" (1903) by Jack London¿35 delete¿ delete"The bitterest conclusion":
    "The White Silence" (1899) by Jack London¿40 delete¿ deleteConclusions¿45
    Chapter Two. Metaphysics
    Introduction¿48 delete¿ delete"The facts ... stand on an altogether different footing": "The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes" (1895) by H.G. Wells¿52 delete¿ delete
    "Oh, I go by various names": "The Devil and Tom Walker" (1824)
    by Washington Irving and "Young Goodman Brown" (1835) by Nathaniel Hawthorne¿56 delete¿ delete"Who art thou?" "The Selfish Giant" (1888) by Oscar Wilde¿63 delete¿ delete"What you mistake for madness": "The ­Tell-Tale Heart" (1843) by Edgar Allan Poe¿67 delete¿ deleteConclusions¿72
    Chapter Three. Time
    The Time Machine (1895) by H.G. Wells: "I shall controvert one or two ideas...."¿76 delete¿ delete"Social triumphs": Politics, Time, and the Limits
    Subjectivity¿79 delete¿ delete"An altogether new relationship": Class, Species, and
    Survival¿82 delete¿ deleteConclusions: Status, the Future, and the Irony of Social
    Darwinism¿84
    Chapter Four. Social Cont(r)acts
    Introduction¿86 delete¿ delete"Father, father, don't kill me!" "Mateo Falcone" (1829) by Prosper Mérimée¿89 delete¿ delete"My father is still a giant": "The Judgement" (1913) by Franz Kafkä95 delete¿ delete"The evil consequences of pernicious neglect": "Nobody's Story" (1853) by Charles Dickens and "The Happy Prince" (1888) by Oscar
    Wilde¿102 delete¿ delete"I must not only punish, but punish with impunity": "The Cask of Amontillado" (1846) by Edgar Allan Poe¿111 delete¿ deleteConclusions¿117
    Chapter Five. The Life of the Mind
    Introduction¿120 delete¿ delete"Not born for ordinary life": "Looking Back" (1900) by Guy de Maupassant¿125 delete¿ delete"Just look at you": "A Hunger Artist" (1922) by Franz Kafkä129 delete¿ delete"To Touch the Heart of God": "The Tables of the Law" (1897) by W.B. Yeats¿137 delete¿ delete"You perceive?" "Pink Flannel" (1919) by Ford Madox Ford and "The Mark on the Wall" (1921) by Virginia Woolf¿145 delete¿ deleteConclusions¿153
    Chapter Six. Love and Death
    Loving Death: Double Indemnity (1936) by James M. Cain¿156 delete¿ deleteFraud, Murder, and Intrigue¿157 delete¿ deleteA Grim Courtship¿158 delete¿ deleteThe Femme Fatale into Monstrous Feminine¿159 delete¿ deleteThe Serpent in the Self¿161 delete¿ deletePsychos and Psychoanalysis¿163 delete¿ deleteMore Than Just Business¿165 delete¿ delete­Death-Drive: The End¿169
    Chapter Seven. The Ends of Fiction and Philosophy
    Morality, Madness, and (Un)freedom¿170 delete¿ deleteSlippery Subjects¿171
    Works Cited
    Index