Literature and the Body Essays on Populations and Persons |
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| Author:
| Scarry, Elaine |
| Series title: | Selected Papers from the English Institute |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8018-4109-5 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1981 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $15.95 |
Book Description:
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Polemically set against the weightlessness of much recent discourse, this book explores the body as the ultimate testing ground for debates over language's ability to refer to the world.
Polemically set against the weightlessness of much recent discourse, this book explores the body as the ultimate testing ground for debates over language's ability to refer to the world.