The paradoxes of posterity
- Author/Creator:
- Hoffmann, Benjamin, 1985- author
- Publication/Creation:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2020]
- Resource Type:
- Book
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Additional/Related Title Information
- Full Title:
- The paradoxes of posterity / Benjamin Hoffmann ; translated by Alan J. Singerman
- Uniform Title:
- Paradoxes de la postérité.
Related Names
- Additional Author/Creators:
- Singerman, Alan J., translator
Subjects/Genre
- Subjects:
- Authorship--Psychological aspects
Authorship--Philosophy
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Mortality
Description/Summary
- Table of Contents:
- Introduction: why do people write? -- First paradox : the current concert and the distant melody -- Second paradox : the lottery and the ruse -- Third paradox : the renunciation and the reward -- Fourth paradox : the proper noun and the common noun -- Fifth paradox : the flow and the entity -- Sixth paradox : the distance and the judgement -- Seventh paradox : the Rosetta Stone and Agrippina's Thrush -- Eighth paradox : the manuscript and the USB key -- Ninth paradox : the comet and the astronomer -- Conclusion : why do people (still) write?.
- Summary:
- "Examines the paradoxes inherent in the search for symbolic immortality, arguing that there is only one truly serious literary problem: the transmission of texts to posterity"--
- Language:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- 175 pages ; 24 cm
- General Note:
- First published in French in 2019 by Les éditions de Minuit under the title: Les paradoxes de la postérité
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 9937240172702486
- ISBN:
- 9780271087030
027108703X - OCLC Number:
- 1121283030
- Barcode:
- 010003163021
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