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Beyond the Human: A Response to Thomas Pavel

Ian Duncan

ABSTRACT:My response to Thomas Pavel's review focuses on two of the questions he raises. The first concerns narration's relation to nonhuman domains of life, and the second concerns the erotic couple as the topic that sets the nineteenth-century novel apart from philosophical and scientific discours... Ausführliche Beschreibung

PPN (Katalog-ID): fidlizenzen_muse_778258
Zeitschriftentitel: Narrative
1. Verfasser: Duncan, Ian
Medienart: E-Artikel
Jahr: 2021
In: Narrative Vol. 29, Issue 1 2021, pp.122-128
ISSN: 1538-974X
1063-3685
Umfang: 7 Seiten
Links: Full text
Volltext: Zur Publikation (Direktlink*) doi: 10.1353/nar.2021.0006

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