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Examines the paradoxes inherent in the search for symbolic immortality, arguing that there is only one truly serious literary problem: the transmission of texts to posterity.



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“In addition to providing a fascinating examination of how writers such as Diderot, Casanova, and Sartre confronted the possibility of ‘writing from the grave,’ Hoffmann’s provocative and well-written book asks all writers to reflect on their own intentions (and personal mythmaking) when they themselves take up the pen.”

—Andrew Curran,author of Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely

The Paradoxes of Posterity

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    A Paperback / softback by Benjamin Hoffmann, Alan J. Singerman

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      Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
      Publication Date: 17/05/2022
      ISBN13: 9780271087047, 978-0271087047
      ISBN10: 0271087048
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Examines the paradoxes inherent in the search for symbolic immortality, arguing that there is only one truly serious literary problem: the transmission of texts to posterity.



      Trade Review

      “In addition to providing a fascinating examination of how writers such as Diderot, Casanova, and Sartre confronted the possibility of ‘writing from the grave,’ Hoffmann’s provocative and well-written book asks all writers to reflect on their own intentions (and personal mythmaking) when they themselves take up the pen.”

      —Andrew Curran,author of Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely

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