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The Palimpsest

By Sarah Dillon

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The Palimpsest

By Sarah Dillon

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Drawing together diverse literary, critical and theoretical texts in which the palimpsest has appeared since its inauguration by Thomas De Quincey in 1845, Palimpsest: Literature, Criticism, Theory provides the first ever genealogy of this metaphor. Sarah Dillon's original theorisation argues that the palimpsest has an involuted structure which illuminates and advances modern thought. While demonstrating how this structure refigures concepts such as history, subjectivity, temporality, metaphor, textuality and sexuality, Dillon returns repeatedly to the question of reading. This theorisation is interwoven with close readings of texts by D. H. Lawrence, Arthur Conan Doyle, Umberto Eco, Ian McEwan and H.D.  Clearly written, and negotiating a range of critical theories and modern literary texts, it provides a reference point and critical tool for future employment of the concept of 'palimpsestuousness', and makes a significant contribution to the debate surrounding the relationship between theoretical and critical writing on literature.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
176
Release Date:
2007-12-10
Publication Date:
2007-10-25
Publisher:
Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0826495451
ISBN13:
9780826495457
Weight:
435 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
14 cm
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