The End of Literature, Hegel, and the Contemporary Novel

• Main Author: Campana, Francesco (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Aesthetics.; Postmodernism.; Idealism, German.; Literature-Philosophy.; Postmodernism (Literature).; Literature, Modern-20th century.; Literature, Modern-21st century.; Postmodern Philosophy.; German Idealism.; Literary Theory.; Postmodern Literature.; Contemporary Literature.

This book explores the concept of the end of literature through the lens of Hegel's philosophy of art. In his version of Hegel's 'end of art' thesis, Arthur Danto claimed that contemporary art has abandoned its distinctive sensitive and emotive features to become increasingly ref...