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March 27, 2017 | Aesthetics

By D. Sawyer

This unique learn examines Jean-François Lyotard's philosophical proposal of the differend and information its unexplored implications for literature. it offers a brand new framework with which to appreciate the discourse itself, from its Homeric beginnings to postmodern works by means of authors equivalent to Michael Ondaatje and Jonathan Safran Foer.

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