Vanilla Sky
The book’s first section provides useful distinctions between various types of dialogue, develops theoretical arguments, and empirically tests intriguing cases. The second half of the book presents in-depth readings of literary and artistic dialogues with well established canonical works, including Monty Python’s The Life of Brian , Jonathan Swift’s distortion of Thomas More’s Utopia and some modern adaptations of Ovid’s Pygmalion , and provides an opportunity to examine the process by which dialogues contribute to a work’s reputation. Through its special blend of theoretical arguments, empirical methods and sensitive interpretations, Dialogues with/and Great Books offers a stimulating invitation to rethink the concepts of literary canon and intertextuality, as well as the intricate connections between the two.