Silence in Modern Literature and Philosophy Beckett, Barthes, Nancy,
This book discusses the elusive centrality of silence in modern literature and philosophy, focusing on the writing and theory of Jean-Luc Nancy and Roland Barthes, the prose of Samuel Beckett, and the poetry of Wallace Stevens. It suggests that silence is
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LITER ATURE AND
PHILOSOPHY
Beckett, Barthes, Nancy, Stevens t h o m a s
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Silence in Modern Literature and Philosophy
Thomas Gould
Silence in Modern Literature and Philosophy Beckett, Barthes, Nancy, Stevens
Thomas Gould King’s College London London, UK
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Acknowledgements
This book emerged from doctoral research undertaken within the Department of French at King’s College London. I would first like to express my enormous gratitude to my supervisor, Professor Patrick ffrench, for his guidance and encouragement. I am grateful also to my secondary supervisor Dr. Hector Kollias for his generous and helpful comments as a reader. In fact, I am grateful to all in the Department for creating and fostering such a stimulating, open environment in which to write, read and research. I thank the Graduate School of the College for providing the financial support without which this would not have been possible. I owe special thanks to my friends and colleagues Igor Reyner, Nikki Ikani, Benjamin Dalton, Richard Mason, Joel White and Laura Robson, for their input and inspiration. I am inexpressibly grateful to Sophie and the Gledbachs for their help throughout this work. And finally, to Kathrine and Brian, for e
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