The Paradoxes of Posterity |
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| Author:
| Hoffmann, Benjamin |
| Translator:
| Singerman, Alan J. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-271-08703-0 |
| Publication Date: | May 2020 |
| Publisher: | Pennsylvania State University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $152.00 |
Book Description:
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The impetus for literary creation has often been explained as an attempt to transcend the mortality of the human condition through a work addressed to future generations. Failing to obtain literal immortality, or to turn their hope towards the spiritual immortality promised by religious systems, literary creators seek a symbolic form of ......
The impetus for literary creation has often been explained as an attempt to transcend the mortality of the human condition through a work addressed to future generations. Failing to obtain literal immortality, or to turn their hope towards the spiritual immortality promised by religious systems, literary creators seek a symbolic form of ......