Death, Desire and Loss in Western Culture
| Author | : Jonathan Dollimore |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 417 |
| Release | : 2013-07-04 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781135773205 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1135773203 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (203 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Death, Desire and Loss in Western Culture by : Jonathan Dollimore
Download or read book Death, Desire and Loss in Western Culture written by Jonathan Dollimore and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Death, Desire and Loss in Western Culture is a rich testament to our ubiquitous preoccupation with the tangled web of death and desire. In these pages we find nuanced analysis that blends Plato with Shelley, Hölderlin with Foucault. Dollimore, a gifted thinker, is not content to summarize these texts from afar; instead, he weaves a thread through each to tell the magnificent story of the making of the modern individual.
