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Rapture: Literature, Secrecy, Addiction
David Punter
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Description for Rapture: Literature, Secrecy, Addiction
Paperback. The concept of rapture in literature navigates along a specific trajectory, from rapine status through to 'being carried (away)'. This book deals with the 'states of heightened awareness', and seeks to connect with the notion of addiction as an alternative to the moral law. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 426.
Rapture': The act of seizing or carrying off as prey or plunder; the act of carrying or being carried; and the expression of ecstasy or euphoria in words. The concept of rapture in literature navigates along a specific trajectory, from rapine status through to being carried (away)'. This book identifies the apparent impossibility of recounting such rapturous states', and of fixing them in words or in time within cultural expectations, while questioning what we can do with those who are enrapt', and what we do inside ourselves with reading moments of rapture. "Rapture: Literature, Secrecy, Addiction" engages with the states ... Read more
Rapture': The act of seizing or carrying off as prey or plunder; the act of carrying or being carried; and the expression of ecstasy or euphoria in words. The concept of rapture in literature navigates along a specific trajectory, from rapine status through to being carried (away)'. This book identifies the apparent impossibility of recounting such rapturous states', and of fixing them in words or in time within cultural expectations, while questioning what we can do with those who are enrapt', and what we do inside ourselves with reading moments of rapture. "Rapture: Literature, Secrecy, Addiction" engages with the states ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845191030
SKU
V9781845191030
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About David Punter
David Punter is Professor of English and Research Director of the Faculty of Arts, University of Bristol.
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