Lives of the Great Languages
Download or Read eBook Lives of the Great Languages PDF written by Karla Mallette and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-09-17 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Karla Mallette |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 249 |
| Release | : 2021-09-17 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780226796062 |
| ISBN-13 | : 022679606X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Lives of the Great Languages by : Karla Mallette
Book excerpt: Part I: Group Portrait with Language -- Chapter 1: A Poetics of the Cosmopolitan Language -- Chapter 2: My Tongue -- Chapter 3: A Cat May Look at a King -- Part II: Space, Place, and the Cosmopolitan Language -- Chapter 4: Territory / Frontiers / Routes -- Chapter 5: Tracks -- Chapter 6: Tribal Rugs -- Part III: Translation and Time -- Chapter 7: The Soul of a New Language -- Chapter 8: On First Looking into Mattā's Aristotle -- Chapter 9: "I Became a Fable" -- Chapter 10: A Spy in the House of Language -- Part IV: Beyond the Cosmopolitan Language -- Chapter 11: Silence -- Chapter 12: The Shadow of Latinity -- Chapter 13: Life Writing.
