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Infinite in literature. --- Literature, Modern --- History and criticism

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"English summary: Cultural infinity is around us, but, like the horizon, it tends to flee before our eyes. It is on the walls invested by street art; or in the cobwebs to which Tomás Saraceno paid homage; or in postage stamps which, as Walter Benjamin and Italo Calvino knew, are windows to the world. Whatever its manifestations, the infinite challenges us to consider the extraordinary diversity of the planet. Facing him, what to do, in literature? Remain humble, for example, and formulate adequate hypotheses. Try to thwart the asymmetries that prevent each other from expressing themselves everywhere in good conditions. Review the foundations of world literature and resonate with an authentically planetary culture. French summary: L'infini culturel est autour de nous, mais, comme l'horizon, il tend à fuir sous nos yeux. Il est sur les murs investis par le street art ; ou dans les toiles d'araignée auxquelles Tomás Saraceno a rendu homage ; ou dans les timbres-poste qui, comme savaient Walter Benjamin et Italo Calvino, sont des fenêtres ouvertes sur le monde. Quelle que soient ses manifestations, l'infini nous engage à considérer l'extraordinaire diversité de la planète. Face à lui, que faire, en littérature ? Rester humble, par exemple, et formuler des hypothèses adéquates. Tenter de déjouer les asymétries qui empêchent les uns et les autres de s'exprimer partout dans de bonnes conditions. Revoir les fondements de la world literature et se mettre en résonance avec une culture authentiquement planétaire"--

Culture in literature. --- Cultural pluralism in literature. --- Multiculturalism in literature. --- Infinite in literature. --- Literature --- Philosophy.

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This study traces the connection of infinity and Levinasian ethics in 21st-century fiction. It tackles the paradox of how infinity can be (re-)presented in the finite space between the covers of a book and finds an answer that combines conceptual metaphor theory with concepts from classical narratology and beyond, such as mise en abyme, textual circularity, intertextuality or omniscient narration. It argues that texts with such structures may be conceptualised as infinite via Lakoff and Núñez's Basic Metaphor of Infinity. The catachrestic transfer of infinity from structure to text means that the texts themselves are understood to be infinite. Taking its cue from the central role of the infinite in Emmanuel Levinas's ethics, the function of such 'fictions of infinity' turns out to be ethical: infinite textuality disrupts reading patterns and calls into question the reader's spontaneity to interpret. This hypothesis is put to the test in detailed readings of four 21st-century novels, David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas, Jeanette Winterson's The Stone Gods, Ian McEwan's Saturday and John Banville's The Infinities. This book thus combines ethical criticism with structural aesthetics to uncover ethical potential in fiction.

Infinite in literature --- Ethics in literature --- Infinite --- Literature, Modern --- English fiction --- Levinas, Emmanuel, - 1906-1995 - Totalité et infini --- Lévinas, Emmanuel, - 1906-1995

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In this carefully crafted analysis, James von der Heydt shines a new light on the lyric craft of Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Elizabeth Bishop, and James Merrill and considers how their seascape-vision redefines poetry's purpose.

American poetry --- Vision in literature. --- Space and time in literature. --- Infinite in literature. --- Space and time as a theme in literature --- History and criticism. --- Merrill, James Ingram --- Bishop, Elizabeth, --- Frost, Robert, --- Dickinson, Emily, --- בישופ, אליזבט, --- Frost, Robert Lee, --- פראסט, ראבערט, --- פרוסט, רוברט, --- فروست ، روبرت --- Фрост, Роберт, --- Dickinson, Emily --- Dickinson, Emilia, --- Dickinson, Emily Elizabeth, --- Dikinson, Ėmili, --- D̲ikinson, Emily, --- Ti-chin-sen, Ai-mi-li, --- דיקינסון, אמילי, --- Dykinsan, Ėmili, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Merrill, James, --- Merrill, Jim, --- Merrill, Jimmy,