Silence in Modern Literature and Philosophy : Beckett, Barthes, Nancy, Stevens / by Thomas Gould.
Gould, Thomas, author.
2018
PN770-PN779
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Title Silence in Modern Literature and Philosophy : Beckett, Barthes, Nancy, Stevens / by Thomas Gould.
Author Gould, Thomas, author.
ISBN 9783319934792
3319934791
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93479-2.
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (IX, 199 p. :) illustrations.
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-319-93479-2. doi
Call Number PN770-PN779
Dewey Decimal Classification 809.04
Summary 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 best understood according to two categories: apophasis and reticence. Apophasis is associated with theology, and relates to a silence of ineffability and transcendence; reticence is associated with phenomenology, and relates to a silence of listenership and speechlessness. In a series of diverse though interrelated readings, the study examines figures of broken silence and silent voice in the prose of Samuel Beckett, the notion of shared silence in Jean-Luc Nancy and Roland Barthes, and ways in which the poetry of Wallace Stevens mounts lyrical negotiations with forms of unsayability and speechlessness.
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1. Introduction
2. Apophasis and Reticence
3. Broken Silence: Samuel Beckett
4. Shared Silence - Jean Luc Nancy with Roland Barthes
5. Some Senses of Silence in Wallace Stevens
6. Coda: Eloquent Silence.

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