- Hardcover: 208 pages
- Publisher: Princeton University Press (Jan 16 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0691012199
- ISBN-13: 978-0691012193
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 14.7 x 3.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 522 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,326,778 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"The Erotic Bird . . . artfully weaves phenomenology through interpretations of major literary works in an effort to explore, 'the particular manner in which phenomenology is "in" literature.' One of the most unique aspects of Natanson's book, which makes it most accessible to the reader, is his use of everyday examples to give a context for phenomenological concepts.
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How does literature illuminate the way we live? Maurice Natanson, a prominent champion of phenomenology, draws upon this method's unique power to show how fiction can highlight aspects of experience that are normally left unexamined. By exploring the structure of the everyday world, Natanson reveals the "uncanny" that lies at the core of the ordinary. Phenomenology--which involves the questioning of that which we usually take for granted--is for Natanson the essence of philosophy. Drawing upon his philosophical predecessors Edmund Husserl, Alfred Schutz, and Jean-Paul Sartre, Natanson paves his own way with stories and examples that themselves bear witness to how phenomenology occurs in literature. In considering such works as Samuel Beckett's ^IWaiting for Godot^N, Thomas Mann's ^IThe Magic Mountain^N, and Franz Kafka's ^IThe Metamorphosis^N, Natanson shows how literature opens us to the domain of possibility and how metaphor offers philosophical power when we think about freedom and change. This book, written by one of the twentieth century's leading phenomenologists, will interest students in philosophy and in literature. They will value the work particularly for its clarification of concepts and terms that frequently emerge in the contemporary intellectual climate.
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IN AN ENTERPRISING and provocative essay entitled "Philosophy as/and/of Literature," Arthur C. Danto explores a number of questions concerning the relationship between philosophy and literature. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
IN AN ENTERPRISING and provocative essay entitled "Philosophy as/and/of Literature," Arthur C. Danto explores a number of questions concerning the relationship between philosophy and literature. Read the first page
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