Oases of Air : A Phenomenological Study of John Banville's Science Tetralogy

This phenomenological study of John Banville’s fiction exhibits the way in which Doctor Copernicus, Kepler, The Newton Letter, and Mefisto persistently present air as a constituting factor. Air occurs as a phenomenological oasis permitting constitution to effectuate disclosure ex nihilo. As a self-c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wrethed, Joakim
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Stockholms universitet, Engelska institutionen 2006
Subjects:
air
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-942
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:91-7155-233-2