The paradoxes of posterity [electronic resource] / Benjamin Hoffmann ; translated by Alan J. Singerman

Author:: Hoffmann, Benjamin, 1985-
Uniform Title:: Paradoxes de la postérité. English
Published:: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2020]
Physical Description:: 175 pages ; 24 cm
Additional Creators:: Singerman, Alan J.

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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"--

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ISBN:

9780271087030 (cloth)

Note:

First published in French in 2019 by Les éditions de Minuit under the title: Les paradoxes de la postérité.

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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