{"product_id":"literary-cynics-arthur-rose-9781350090019","title":"Literary Cynics: Borges, Beckett, Coetzee","description":"Focusing on work by Jorge Luis Borges, Samuel Beckett and J.M. Coetzee, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Cynics\u003c\/i\u003e explores the relationship between literature and cynicism to consider what happens when authors write themselves into their art, against the rhetoric of authority. \u003cbr\u003eRose takes as his starting point three moments of aesthetic crisis in the careers of these literary cynics: Borges's parables of the 1950s, Beckett's plays of the 1980s, and Coetzee's pedagogic novels of the 2000s. In their transition to 'late style', the works reflect their writers' abiding concern with particular conceptions of rhetoric and aesthetic form. \u003ci\u003eLiterary Cynics\u003c\/i\u003e combines accounts of these 'late' works with classic, lesser known, and archival texts by the three writers, from Coetzee's \u003ci\u003eDisgrace\u003c\/i\u003e to Beckett's letters, as well as detailed analysis of cynicism, both ancient and modern, as a philosophical and political movement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arthur Rose\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350090018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350090019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.54d","brand":"Arthur Rose","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44227715596543,"sku":"9781350090019","price":47.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b3b7c32b-112a-408f-a613-0004813e23f0.jpg?v=1692810196","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/literary-cynics-arthur-rose-9781350090019","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}