Vanquishing the Novum: Fear, Mortality, and Authentic Existence in William Sleator's Singularity

Abstract: This article argues that, by using a singularity to age himself rapidly, the protagonist of William Sleator's Singularity develops an understanding of a relationship between time and mortality that speaks to the principal ideas in Martin Heidegger's Being and Time .

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Children's literature
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2025-01-01
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https://doi.org/10.1353/chl.2025.a960690
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Contemporary Literature and Criticism
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Vanquishing the Novum: Fear, Mortality, and Authentic Existence in William Sleator's Singularity

Gregory Phipps
Children's literature
Contemporary Literature and Criticism
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Vanquishing the Novum: Fear, Mortality, and Authentic Existence in William Sleator's Singularity

Gregory Phipps
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Abstract: This article argues that, by using a singularity to age himself rapidly, the protagonist of William Sleator's Singularity develops an understanding of a relationship between time and mortality that speaks to the principal ideas in Martin Heidegger's Being and Time .

Children's literatureVol. 53(1)
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Contemporary Literature and Criticism
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