The Paradoxes of Posterity by Benjamin Hoffmann

The Paradoxes of Posterity by Benjamin Hoffmann

Examines the paradoxes inherent in the search for symbolic immortality, arguing that there is only one truly serious literary problem: the transmission of texts to posterity.

“In addition to providing a fascinating examination of how writers such as Diderot, Casanova, and Sartre confronted the possibility of ‘writing from the grave,’ Hoffmann’s provocative and well-written book asks all writers to reflect on their own intentions (and personal mythmaking) when they themselves take up the pen”

—Andrew Curran, author of Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely

Benjamin Hoffmann is Associate Professor of Early Modern French Studies at The Ohio State University. His recent publications include Posthumous America: Literary Reinventions of America at the End of the Eighteenth Century and a critical edition of Lezay-Marnésia’s Letters Written from the Banks of the Ohio, both published by Penn State University Press. Alan J. Singerman is Richardson Professor Emeritus of French at Davidson College, the translator of Benjamin Hoffmann’s Posthumous America: Literary Reinventions of America at the End of the Eighteenth Century and Letters Written from the Banks of the Ohio, and the editor and translator of Abbé Prévost’s novel The Greek Girl’s Story, all published by Penn State University Press.

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ISBN 13	9780271087030
ISBN 10	027108703X
Title	The Paradoxes of Posterity
Author	Benjamin Hoffmann
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Pennsylvania State University Press
Year published	2020-05-11
Number of pages	184
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