| Description |
xxi, 88 pages ; 20 cm |
| Contents |
What is writing? -- Political modes of writing -- Writing and the novel -- Is there any poetic writing? -- The triumph and break-up of bourgeois writing -- Style as craftmanship -- Writing and revolution -- Writing and silence -- Writing and speech -- The Utopia of language |
| Summary |
Defines the nature of writing, as well as the historical, political and personal forces responsbile for the formal changes in writing from the classical period to the present. Ranging far beyond the confines of most literary criticism, this is an incisive analysis of language and speech, tone and style |
| Notes |
Translation of Le degré zéro de l'écriture |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Translation of Le Degre zero de l'ecriture |
| Subject |
French literature -- History and criticism.
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Human geography -- India -- Bastar
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Literary style.
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| Author |
Lavers, Annette.
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Smith, Colin, 1914-
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Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004.
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| LC no. |
68014789 |
| ISBN |
0374521395 |
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0809013843 |
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9780374521394 |
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9780809013845 |
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