Redemption from egotism: James and Proust as spiritual excersises (trans. Arkadiusz Żychliński) Cover Image

Wybawienie od egotyzmu: James i Proust jako ćwiczenia duchowe (przeł. Arkadiusz Żychliński)
Redemption from egotism: James and Proust as spiritual excersises (trans. Arkadiusz Żychliński)

Author(s): Richard Rorty
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Marcel Proust; Henry James; Reader Response; Literary Criticism

Summary/Abstract: Rorty discusses the role of reading in society on example of two writers: Marcel Proust and Henry James. "One will be safer in the hands of people who admired their novels than in the hands of readers who found those novels pointless", he concludes.

  • Issue Year: 2006
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 181-204
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Polish