Prosaics and Other Provocations: Empathy, Open Time, and the Novel by Morson, Gary Saul

Prosaics and Other Provocations: Empathy, Open Time, and the Novel (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781618118097)

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Prosaics and Other Provocations: Empathy, Open Time, and the Novel by Morson, Gary Saul

Prosaics and Other Provocations: Empathy, Open Time, and the Novel

$35.00
Prosaics and Other Provocations: Empathy, Open Time, and the Novel by Morson, Gary Saul

Prosaics and Other Provocations: Empathy, Open Time, and the Novel

$35.00
Format: Paperback
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This far-ranging study develops Morson's concept of "prosaics," which stresses the importance of ordinary events and the novel's unique ability to portray them. Arguing that time is open and contingency real, Morson develops a "prosaics of process" showing how some masterpieces have found an alternative to structure. His well-known pseudonym Alicia Chudo, the inventor of "misanthropology," explores the disturbing philosophical content of laughter, disgust, and even empathy. Northwestern University's most popular professor, Morson attributes declining student interest in literature to current teaching methods. He argues in favor of showing how literature fosters empathy with people unlike ourselves. Ever playful, Morson explores the relation of games to wit, which expresses the power of the mind to triumph over contingency in the social world.

Author: Gary Saul Morson
ISBN-10: 1618118099
ISBN-13: 9781618118097
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Language: English
Published: 05/30/2018
Pages: 300
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d
By Gary Saul Morson
By Gary Saul Morson
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Gary Saul Morson (PhD Yale University) is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Frances Hooper Professor of the Arts and Humanities at Northwestern University. His study Narrative and Freedom: The Shadows of Time (1996) won a best book award from the American Comparative Literature Association. He is also the author of Mikhail Bakhtin: Creation of a Prosaics (co-authored with Caryl Emerson, 1990), Anna Karenina in Our Time: Seeing More Wisely (2007), and The Words of Others: From Quotations to Culture (2011).

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