On Lightness in World Literature
by
B. Scott
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1137352558
ISBN-13
9781137352552
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
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Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 7th, 2013
Print length
174 Pages
Weight
346 grams
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22.20 x 13.70 x 1.60 cms
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Literary studies: general
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In each case, he focuses on a specific 'type' of lightness, whether it be the refined triviality of Sei Shonagon's Pillow Book, the ludic tendencies of Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis' Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas, or the 'exhilarating and primitive vitality' of Voltaire's Candide.
Despite the apparent ubiquity of light literature, and despite the greater cultural prestige it has been afforded in recent decades, very little has been written on the adjective that actually defines this category. What, precisely, does it signify, and wh
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