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Weakness: A Literary and Philosophical History 1st edition
O'Sullivan, Prof Michael (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Weakness: A Literary and Philosophical History 1st edition
O'Sullivan, Prof Michael (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Charts the history of weakness in a selection of canonical works in literature and philosophy. Beginning with Plato and Aristotle, this book explores weakness as it interpreted by Lao Tzu, Nietzsche, the Romantics, Dickens and Modernists. It examines what feminist critics Elaine Showalter and Luce Irigaray make of the figure of the weaker vessel.
208 pages
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | July 26, 2012 |
ISBN13 | 9781441162991 |
Publishers | Continuum Publishing Corporation |
Pages | 224 |
Dimensions | 156 × 234 × 14 mm · 494 g |
Language | English |
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