num_pages: 420
description: The articulation of the unsayable, of negativity—that which has been excluded by what is sayable—is one of the most important areas of contemporary humanistic study. This volume brings together fifteen outstanding literary theorists and philosophers to examine ways to make the unsayable tangible.
language: English
title: Languages of the Unsayable: The Play of Negativity in Literature and Literary Theory
titlecomplete: Languages of the Unsayable: The Play of Negativity in Literature and Literary Theory (Irvine Studies in the Humanities)
genres: Nonfiction
ratings_count: 4
publisher: Stanford University Press