Format:
viii, 249 Seiten.
ISBN:
978-0-226-61719-0
,
978-0-226-61705-3
Series Statement:
Literary criticism
Content:
There are few forms in which so much authority has been invested with so little reflection as the sentence. Though a fundamental unit of discourse, it has rarely been an explicit object of inquiry, often taking a back seat to concepts such as the word, trope, line, or stanza. To understand what is at stake in thinking-or not thinking-about the sentence, Jan Mieszkowski looks at the difficulties confronting nineteenth- and twentieth-century authors when they try to explain what a sentence is and what it can do. From Romantic debates about the power of the stand-alone sentence, to the realist obsession with precision and revision, to modernist experiments with ungovernable forms, Mieszkowski explores the hidden allegiances behind our ever-changing stylistic ideals. By showing how an investment in superior writing has always been an ethical and a political as well as an aesthetic commitment, Crises of the Sentence offers a new perspective on our love-hate relationship with this fundamental compositional category.
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-226-61722-0
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Satz
;
Syntax
;
Satzbauplan
;
Satzanfang
;
Satzerzeugung
