| Description |
xi, 219 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Real life dialogues -- Literary dialogues -- The battle of the (great) books -- The dialogic approach to great books -- The sacrifice scene : Kierkegaard and Levin -- Samson : Jabotinsky and DeMille -- Jesus Christ : Monty Python and Saramago -- Horace in Pushkin, Owen, and Diderot -- Juvenal's Satire X : Johnson and Swift -- Pygmalion : Ovid, Shaw & My fair lady via Molière -- More's Utopia : Bacon, Swift, and Voltaire -- Robinson Crusoe, the variety principle revisited |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-212) and index |
| Subject |
Canon (Literature)
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Intertextuality.
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Dialogue.
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| LC no. |
2009031751 |
| ISBN |
9781845193683 acid-free paper |
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1845193687 acid-free paper |
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