Metamorphoses of Desire
Eden and the Boundaries of Literature
Dissertation Abtracts International, A, 48, 1987-1988, n° 5, p. 1197: "By studing the tropology of four Edenic scenes - Augustine's conversion (Confessions 8), Dante's reunion with Beatrice (Purgatory 28-33), Milton's description of Eden(Paradise Lost 4 and 9), and Derrida's reading of Rousseau's "f...
Author: | George Edward Humphrey |
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Published: |
Boston University,
Boston,
1987
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Total Pages: | 286 |
Format: | Dissertation |
Topic: | -
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Status: | Needs Review |
Summary: | Dissertation Abtracts International, A, 48, 1987-1988, n° 5, p. 1197: "By studing the tropology of four Edenic scenes - Augustine's conversion (Confessions 8), Dante's reunion with Beatrice (Purgatory 28-33), Milton's description of Eden(Paradise Lost 4 and 9), and Derrida's reading of Rousseau's "festival" (Of Grammatology 2.3.3) - I argue that the rhetorical and narratological strategies which these writers use in their journeys of return can be studied as models for the very process of literary change...". |
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