Bilingual Aesthetics: A New Sentimental Education - Paperback
by Doris Sommer
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Availability:In StockContributor:Doris SommerSeries:Public Planet BooksPublish date:4/7/2004Pages:254
Language:EnglishPublisher:Duke University PressISBN-13:9780822333449ISBN-10:822333449UPC:9780822333449Book Category:Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:LinguisticsBook Topic:SociolinguisticsSize:8.02 x 5.40 x 0.68 inchesWeight:0.6614Product ID:SCZK90FRM4
Knowing a second language entails some unease; it requires a willingness to make mistakes and work through misunderstandings. The renowned literary scholar Doris Sommer argues that feeling funny is good for you, and for society. In Bilingual Aesthetics Sommer invites readers to make mischief with meaning, to play games with language, and to allow errors to stimulate new ways of thinking. Today's...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Duke University PressISBN-13:9780822333449ISBN-10:822333449UPC:9780822333449Book Category:Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:LinguisticsBook Topic:SociolinguisticsSize:8.02 x 5.40 x 0.68 inchesWeight:0.6614Product ID:SCZK90FRM4
Doris Sommer is Professor of Romance Languages and Literature and Director of Graduate Studies in Spanish at Harvard University. Among her books are Proceed with Caution, When Engaged by Minority Writing in the Americas; Foundational Fictions: The National Romances of Latin America; Bilingual Games: Some Literary Investigations; and The Places of History: Regionalism Revisited in Latin America,...
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