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Description of  Errant Letters: Jacques Ranci re and the Philosophy of Literature (Cross-Roads: Studies in Culture, Literary Theory, and History, 32)

3631881649 pdf Jerzy Franczak comprehensively presents Jacques Rancires thought by emphasizing the relationship between politics and literature. This detailed analysis takes into account the context of modern aesthetics and political philosophy, as a result, the book introduces further protagonists such as Louis Althusser, Michel Foucault, Pierre Bourdieu, or Jean-Franois Lyotard. Franczak first reconstructs Rancires original philosophy of literature and subsequently apply it in readings of select world literature masterpieces by Gustav Flaubert, Max Jacob, Bertold Brecht, Vladimir Nabokov, and Philip Roth.