Postmodernity, Ethics and the Novel: From Leavis to Levinas

by Andrew Gibson

Book Overview

In Postmodernity, Ethics and the Novel Andrew Gibson sets out to demonstrate that postmodern theory has actually made possible an ethical discourse around fiction.
Each chapter elaborates and discusses a particular aspect of Levinas' thought and raises questions for that thought and its bearing on the novel. It also contains detailed analyses of particular texts. Part of the book's originality is its concentration on a range of modernist and postmodern...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415198968
• ISBN13: 9780415198967
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"