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Artefacts of Writing: Ideas of the State and Communities of Letters from Matthew Arnold to Xu Bing
| Full title: | Artefacts of Writing: Ideas of the State and Communities of Letters from Matthew Arnold to Xu Bing |
|---|---|
| ISBN: | 9780198725152 |
| ISBN 10: | 0198725159 |
| Authors: | McDonald, Peter D. |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Edition: | Illustrated |
| Num. pages: | 328 |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Language: | en |
| Published on: | 2017 |
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Synopsis
Part I : 1867-1945. 1. Oxford At The Crossroads : England And The World Beyond -- 2. T.s. Eliot Vs The League And Unesco -- 3. 'independence, Dependence, And Interdependence Day' : Finnegans Wake And The Modern State -- -- Part Ii : 1946-2014. Prologue : The 'c' In Unesco : A Very Short Introduction -- 4. Notes Towards A Vagabond Humanism : Mphahlele's Tagore / Rabindranath's Bāuls -- 5. Against State Literacy : J.m. Coetzee Vs The Novel -- 6. Beyond Translation : Antjie Krog Vs The 'mother Tongue' -- 7. Against Naturalization : Arvind Krishna Mehrotra And The 'interplay Of Languages' -- 8. Beyond Multiculturalism : Tagore.. Joyce... Rushdie.. Chaudhuri -- Postscript : Between Sky And Ground - The Art Of Xu Bing. Peter D. Mcdonald. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 307-320) And Index.