Pen and Bomb: Creative Agency in Paul Auster's Leviathan

被引：1

作者：

Zhang, Meiping ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Goldsmiths Univ London, Dept English & Comparat Literature, London, England

来源：

JOURNAL OF AMERICAN STUDIES | 2019年 / 53卷 / 02期

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D O I：

10.1017/S0021875817001967

中图分类号：

C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

The Transcendentalist legacy in Auster's Leviathan faces many questions posed by postmodern cultural politics. Previous studies of the novel have highlighted the irresolvable tension between writerly solitude and political engagement, which largely accounts for Benjamin Sachs's undoing. Departing from this interpretation, the present essay provides an alternative reading that links Auster's Thoreauvian representation with Cavell's idea of Emersonian Perfectionism. It seeks to cast further light on the idea of America, examine its relation to self-transformation, and reevaluate Sachs's life and work within a philosophical framework.

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