The self in moral space : life narrative and the good / David Parker.
| Author/creator | Parker, David, 1943- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2007. |
| Description | ix, 195 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Making the best sense of lives -- Wang Shih-min's "self-account" : an exemplary life -- Roland Barthes by Roland Barthes and the limits of life narrative -- Nietzsche's Ecce homo : inescapable frameworks of the good -- Narratives of supersession : Augustine's Confessions -- Narratives of supersession : Wordsworth's Prelude -- Narrative of authenticity : Gosse's Father and son -- Authenticity and recognition : Steedman's Landscape for a good woman -- Difference and its discontents -- Common humanity and its limits : Raimond Gaita's Romulus, my father -- Seamus Heaney : recognizing the other -- Coetzee's Boyhood : toward an aesthetics of life narrative. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-192) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006039786 |
| ISBN | 9780801445613 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0801445612 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | CT25.P37 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |