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1、POSTMODERNITY,ETHICSANDTHENOVELUntilthelate1960s,aconcernwiththemoralityoffictionwascentraltoAnglo-Americantheoryandcriticismofthenovel.Inrecentyears,however,therehasbeenamarkeddeclineinthistradition,forwhichtheriseofliterarytheoryhasoftenbeenblamed.I
2、nthisaccessibleandground-breakingstudy,AndrewGibsonresiststhelatteraccusation.TakingthephilosophyofEmmanuelLevinasasastartingpoint,hedrawsonarangeofcontemporarytheoriststoarguethatanethicsoffictioniscurrentlyemergingoutofliterarytheoryitself.Postmoder
3、nity,EthicsandtheNovelpresentsalucidaccountofcomplexphilosophyandcontemporarytheory.ItexploresLevinas’sthoughtindetail,providesanextensivediscussionofitsimplicationsforthestudyofthenovel,andillustratesitscasewithreferencetoawiderangeofmodernandpostmod
4、ernfiction,includingworkbyJosephConrad,HenryJames,ElizabethBowen,SamuelBeckett,MarcelProust,JeanRhysandSalmanRushdie.Postmodernity,EthicsandtheNovelisanessentialstudyforanyoneconcernedwiththeethicalsignificanceofreadingtoday.AndrewGibsonisProfessorofM
5、odernLiteratureandTheoryandDirectoroftheMAinPostmodernism,LiteratureandContemporaryCultureatRoyalHolloway,UniversityofLondon.ToRobertandGerlindePOSTMODERNITY,ETHICSANDTHENOVELFromLeavistoLevinasAndrewGibsonLondonandNewYorkFirstpublished1999byRoutledge
6、11NewFetterLane,LondonEC4P4EESimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanadabyRoutledge29West35thStreet,NewYork,NY10001RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroupThiseditionpublishedintheTaylor&Francise-Library,2001.©1999AndrewGibsonAllrightsreserved.Nopart
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8、shLibraryCataloguinginPublicationDataAcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibraryLibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationDataGibson,AndrewPostmodernity,ethics,andthenovel/AndrewGibson.p.cm.Includesbibliographicalreferencesandind
