Rapture: Literature, Secrecy, Addiction

by David Punter

Book Overview

Rapture': The act of seizing or carrying off as prey or plunder; the act of carrying or being carried; and the expression of ecstasy or euphoria in words. The concept of rapture in literature navigates along a specific trajectory, from rapine status through to being carried (away)'. This book identifies the apparent impossibility of recounting such rapturous states', and of fixing them in words or in time within cultural expectations, while questioning...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184519103X
• ISBN13: 9781845191030
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"