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11 janvier 2013
- handle: 10670/1.iol8ov
- isbn: 9781906924379
- eisbn: 9781906924386
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Europe culture history aesthetics ethics James' inspiration ethics of globalization sociology of taste intellectual itinerary postmodern biofiction Literature Literary Reviews LIT004020 DSBSujets proches
Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) Archaeological digs Archaeological excavations Ruins Excavation sites (Archaeology) Digs (Archaeology) Moral philosophy Science, Moral Morals Ethics, Primitive Philosophy, Moral Morality Deontology Ethology Moral ideas Religion and ethics Biography--Character Knowledge--Ethics moraleCiter ce document
Enrico Botta, « 10. The Wavering Ruins of The American », Open Book Publishers, ID : 10670/1.iol8ov
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To delight in the aspects of sentient ruin might appear a heartless pastime, and the pleasure, I confess, shows the note of perversity.Henry James, The Italian Hours This essay focuses on the motif of ruins in Henry James’s The American in the light of Italian scholar Francesco Orlando’s theory of non-functional objects in literature. I would like to explore how this topic traces a cause effect relationship between the idea of an appropriation of the European artistic and cultural heritage—me...