Table of Contents: Stanley Cavell and the claim of literature /

Main Author:	Rudrum, David, 1974-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Subjects:	Cavell, Stanley, > 1926- > Criticism and interpretation. Literature > History and criticism > Theory, etc. Literature > Philosophy.
Online Access:	http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10790468

Table of Contents:

Introduction: approaching the unapproachable
Making sense(s) of Walden
The avoidance of Shakespeare
From the sublime to the ordinary: Stanley Cavell's Beckett
How to do things with Wordsworth
What did Cavell want of Poe?
'Politics as opposed to what?': social contract and marriage contract in A doll's house
Tragedy's tragedies: between the skeptical and the ethical
Conclusion: just an ordinary American tragedy.