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Silence and Subject in Modern Literature: Spoken Violence
U. Olsson
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Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AS; DSA; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Why does interrogation silence its object and not make it speak? Silence vs speech is a central issue in classical and modern literary works. This book studies literary representations of the power relations in which we are forced to speak using a range of texts ranging from the modern crime novel, via classics, to avant-garde plays.
Why does interrogation silence its object and not make it speak? Silence vs speech is a central issue in classical and modern literary works. This book studies literary representations of the power relations in which we are forced to speak using a range of texts ranging from the modern crime novel, via classics, to avant-garde plays.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
215
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349468645
SKU
V9781349468645
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99-15
About U. Olsson
Ulf Olsson is Professor of Comparative Literature, teaches at Stockholm University, Sweden and has also taught at University of California, Berkeley, USA and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. He has published books on Strindberg, and on contemporary Swedish literature, as well as on improvised music. Olsson also works as a literary critic.
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