Language & Silence by George Steiner
Essays on Language, Literature, and the Inhuman
A collection of mid-century essays probing the power and limits of words in the shadow of twentieth-century atrocities, arguing that language and culture were compromised by barbarism and mass society. It contends that criticism carries moral obligations, that the humanist tradition is in crisis, and that silence can sometimes speak more honestly than discourse. Through engagements with modern writers and thinkers, it explores translation, tragedy, and the responsibilities of art when confronted with the unsayable.
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- 1967
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- American
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- 280-320
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- English
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