{"product_id":"visions-of-alterity-representation-in-the-works-of-john-banville-9789042016712","title":"Visions of Alterity: Representation in the Works of John Banville","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVisions of Alterity: Representation in the Works of John Banville offers detailed and original readings of the work of the Irish author John Banville, one of the foremost figures in contemporary European literature. It investigates one of the fundamental concerns of Banville’s novels: mediating the gap between subject and object or self and world in representation. By drawing on the rich history of the problem of representation in literature, philosophy and literary theory, this study provides a thorough insight into the rich philosophical and intertextual dimension of Banville’s fiction. In close textual analyses of Banville’s most important novels, it maps out a thematic development that moves from an interest in the epistemological and aesthetic representation of the world in scientific theories, over a concern with the ethical dimension of representations, to an exploration of self-representation and identity. What remains constant throughout these different perspectives is the disruption of representations by brief but haunting glimpses of otherness. In tracing these different visions of alterity in Banville’s solipsistic literary world, this study offers a better understanding of his insistent and thought-provoking exploration of what it means to be human.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e”D’hoker’s study is well-argued and informed […] a valuable addition to Banville studies.” in: European Journal of English Studies, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction Part One: Self and World 1.\tBooks of Revolution: The Scientific Quest for Truth 2.\tBooks of Revelation: Epiphany in the Science Tetralogy Part Two: Self and Art 3.\tBetter Than Life: Banville’s Explicit Poetics 4.\tStruggle and Strife: Banville’s Implicit Poetics Part Three: Self and Other 5.\tTo the Other: Banville’s Ethical Turn 6.\tA Portrait of the Other: Ethics in the Art Trilogy  Part Four: Self and Self 7.\tSelf as Other: The Double 8.\tMasks and Mirrors: Autobiography in The Untouchable Conclusion Bibliography Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210896204119,"sku":"9789042016712","price":67.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/visions-of-alterity-representation-in-the-works-of-john-banville-9789042016712","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}