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Unselfing as Disruption: the Self and Other in Pain in Valéry and Delbo.
- Source :
- MLN; Sep2015, Vol. 130 Issue 4, p963-979, 17p
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- A literary criticism of the books "La Soirée avec Monsieur Teste," by Paul Valéry and "Aucun de nous ne reviendra," by Charlotte Delbo is presented. Topics discussed include the self encounters on painful experiences, the intellectual experiment on the power of pain, and the study of the unselfing phenomena which covers self-loss and self-transcendence.
- Subjects :
- LITERARY criticism
PAIN -- Social aspects
ALTRUISM
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00267910
- Volume :
- 130
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- MLN
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 113386527
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1353/mln.2015.0057