The Entrapments of Form: Cruelty and Modern Literature

Catherine Toal

Published by Fordham University Press 2017

The Entrapments of Form

Cruelty and Modern Literature

Catherine Toal

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823269372

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About this book

This book describes the narrative form of cruelty in modern literature. It focuses on the two main literary traditions that carry the legacy of revolutionary upheaval in modernity, the French and the American, and shows the transfers of influence that create the contemporary outline of the concept.

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Toal Catherine :

Catherine Toal is Professor of Literature and Dean of the College at Bard College Berlin, Germany.

Reviews

Bruno Penteado:
A feast for comparatists doing research on the interconnections of French and American literatures.

Amanda Claybaugh, Harvard University:
“This is a bracing book, a powerful argument on a topic of real import, written with unusual elegance and panache.”

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Introduction: The “Strange and Familiar Word” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter One. The Forms of the Perverse Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	18
Chapter Two. “Some Things Which Could Never Have Happened” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
Chapter Three. Murder and “Point of View” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
Chapter Four. The Marquis de Sade in the Twentieth Century Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	94
Chapter Five. American Cruelty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169

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Language: English
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Pages
- Main content: 184
Keywords: Cruelty; French Literature; American Literature; Psychoanalysis; Critical Theory; Contemporary Philosophy

eBook

Published: March 1, 2016
ISBN: 9780823269372