Smyth The Habit of Lying

Sacrificial Studies in Literature, Philosophy, and Fashion Theory
1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8374-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten

An investigation of deceit and concealment that proposes a new theory of fiction, both as a new genre of literature and as a strategy in the social world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smyth, John Vignaux

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogik: Sachbuch, Ratgeber

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part One. Philosophy

1. The Liar as Scapegoat: Rationality and Unanimity

2. The Analytics of Fiction

Part Two. Literature

3. Lying for No Reason: Lying and Obscenity in Defoe

4. Lies and Truths: Mimetic-Sacrificial Falsification in Stendahl

5. Fundaments and Accidents: Mimesis and Mendacity in Molloy

6. The Violence of Fiction: Concealment and Sacrifice in Malone Dies and The Unnamable

Part Three. Dress

7. Fashion Theory

Conclusion

Appendix: One Rene Girard and Paul de Man

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

John Vignaux Smyth is Chair of the Department of English at Portland State University. He is the author of A Question of Eros: Irony in Sterne, Kierkegaard, and Barthes.