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Discourses of the Fall
Sara E. Melzer
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Description for Discourses of the Fall
Hardcover. With a full control on two centuries of Pascalian hermeneutics, the author leads her readers into a passionate quest far beyond the worn-out search for a paleontological reconstruction of the Pensees' hypothetical final form. She rightly and deeply understands Pascal's writing ecriture - as the complex story of the 'Fall of Truth into language'. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
"Here is a unique and penetrating postmodernist invitation to reread Pascal's Pensees. With a full control on two centuries of Pascalian hermeneutics, Sara Melzer leads her readers into a passionate quest far beyond the worn-out search for a paleontological reconstruction of the Pensees's hypothetical final form. She rightly and deeply understands Pascal's writing--ecriture--as the complex story of the "Fall of Truth into language." Such a perspective gives to Pascal's fragments a rejuvenated life, a newness, a dramatic and powerful voice for our own culture. In brief, a welcome breeze of fresh air in the Pascalian world!"--Edouard Morot-Sir, The University of ... Read more
"Here is a unique and penetrating postmodernist invitation to reread Pascal's Pensees. With a full control on two centuries of Pascalian hermeneutics, Sara Melzer leads her readers into a passionate quest far beyond the worn-out search for a paleontological reconstruction of the Pensees's hypothetical final form. She rightly and deeply understands Pascal's writing--ecriture--as the complex story of the "Fall of Truth into language." Such a perspective gives to Pascal's fragments a rejuvenated life, a newness, a dramatic and powerful voice for our own culture. In brief, a welcome breeze of fresh air in the Pascalian world!"--Edouard Morot-Sir, The University of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520055407
SKU
V9780520055407
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About Sara E. Melzer
Sara E. Melzer is Professor of French and Francophone Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of Discourses of the Fall: A Study of Pascal's Pensees and coeditor of From the Royal to the Republican Body: Incorporating the Political in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century France.
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