Impersonality: Seven Essays by Sharon Cameron

First printing. Softcover volume, measuring approximately 6" x 9.25", is in fine condition. xx/260 pages."Philosophers have long debated the subjects of person and personhood. Sharon Cameron ushers this debate into the literary realm by considering impersonality in the works of major American writers and figures of international modernism, writers for whom personal identity is inconsequential and even imaginary. In essays on William Empson, Jonathan Edwards, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Herman Melville, T. S. Eliot, and Simone Weil, Cameron examines the impulse to hollow out the core of human distinctiveness, to construct a voice that is no one's voice, to fashion a character without meaningful attributes, a being that is virtually anonymous. "To consent to being anonymous," Weil wrote, "is to bear witness to the truth. But how is this compatible with social life and its labels? " Throughout these essays Cameron examines the friction, even violence, set in motion from such incompatibility? from a "truth" that… Read More

Chicago: University of Chicago Press. xx 259pp paperback, ownership signature . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 2007.

Paperback / softback. New. Philosophers have long debated the subjects of person and personhood. Sharon Cameron ushers this debate into the literary realm by considering impersonality in the works of major American writers and figures of international modernism--writers for whom personal identity is inconsequential and even imaginary. In essays on William Empson, Jonathan Edwards, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Herman Melville, T. S. Eliot, and Simone Weil, Cameron examines the impulse to hollow out the core of human distinctiveness, to construct a voice that is no one's voice, to fashion a character without meaningful attributes, a being that is virtually anonymous. "To consent to being anonymous," Weil wrote, "is to bear witness to the truth. But how is this compatible with social life and its labels?" Throughout these essays Cameron examines the friction, even violence, set in motion from such incompatibility--from a "truth" that has no social… Read More

Univ of Chicago Pr, 2007. Paperback. New. 260 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.65 inches.

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Univ of Chicago Pr, 2007. Paperback. New. 260 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.65 inches.

University of Chicago Press. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!