Original Subjects : The Child, the Novel, and the Nation Paperback / softback
by Ala A. Alryyes
Part of the Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature series
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Original Subjects explores the interweaving of the child-hero and the fortunes of a nation as these are portrayed in a wide selection of novels and national narratives in the French and English traditions.
Ala Alryyes examines how these works deploy similar metaphors and signifying narratives in which a homeless child is central. Taking up such disparate writers and novelists as Locke, Rousseau, Wollstonecraft, Defoe, Richardson, Diderot, Scott, Stendhal, Balzac, and Disraeli, as well as Homer, St.
Augustine, and Hannah Arendt, this book argues that the generational parent–child dynamic is key to understanding the structure of novels, the theory of the state, and the events of history.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Harvard University Press
- Publication Date:15/08/2001
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- ISBN:9780674002630
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Harvard University Press
- Publication Date:15/08/2001
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- ISBN:9780674002630
