Worldly acts and sentient things : the persistence of agency from Stein to DeLillo /
Chodat, Robert,1970-
Ithaca, N.Y. ; London : Cornell University Press,
2008.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : French cathedrals and other forms of life -- Sense, science, and slight contacts with other people's minds -- Embodiment and the inside -- The prose of persons -- Selves, sentences, and the styles of holism -- Embodiment and the outside -- The culture and its loaded words -- Conclusion : person and presence, stories and theories.
American literature
Agent (Philosophy) in literature.
Consciousness in literature.
Subjectivity in literature.
Philosophy, Modern, in literature.