Poetics of History: Rousseau and the Theater of Originary Mimesis by Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe

Poetics of History: Rousseau and the Theater of Originary Mimesis

Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe with Jeff Fort (Translator)

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nonfiction art classics history literary challenging medium-paced
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Rousseau's opposition to the theater is well known: Far from purging the passions, it serves only to exacerbate them, and to render them hypocritical. But is it possible that Rousseau's texts reveal a different conception of theatrical imitation, ...

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