Literary theory Books
Fordham University Press The Reproduction of Life Death Derridas La vie
Book SynopsisBased on archival translations of Derrida’s as-yet untapped (1975-76) La vie la mort seminar, McCance’s The Reproduction of Life Death offers an unprecedented study of Derrida’s engagement both with the logic of reproduction held by 1970s molecular biology and genetics and with reproductivity as theorized and performed by Freud in Beyond the Pleasure Principle.Table of ContentsAbbreviations of Works by Jacques Derrida | ix Introduction | 1 1. Double Helix | 9 2. Schools of Life | 33 3. Institutions of the “Yes” | 51 4. Speaking into a Dead Man’s Ear | 74 5. Life Worth More Than Life | 97 6. The Movement of a Pas | 125 7. Rhythmos | 147 Acknowledgments | 151 Notes | 153 Works Cited | 177 Index | 187
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Fordham University Press A Theology of Failure Zizek against Christian
Book SynopsisThis book draws the work of Slavoj Žižek into conversation with the Christian mystical theological tradition in order to propose a materialist account of Christian identity as constituted by failure.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Failing | 1 1 Ontology and Desire in Dionysius the Areopagite | 15 2 Apophatic Theology and Its Vicissitudes | 29 3 The Death Drive: From Freud to Žižek | 56 4 The Gift and Violence | 86 5 Divine Violence as Trauma | 119 6 Mystical Theology and the Four Discourses | 150 Conclusion: Theology as Failure | 175 Acknowledgments | 183 Notes | 185 Bibliography | 235 Index | 251
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Fordham University Press A Theology of Failure
Book SynopsisThis book draws the work of Slavoj Žižek into conversation with the Christian mystical theological tradition in order to propose a materialist account of Christian identity as constituted by failure.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Failing | 1 1 Ontology and Desire in Dionysius the Areopagite | 15 2 Apophatic Theology and Its Vicissitudes | 29 3 The Death Drive: From Freud to Žižek | 56 4 The Gift and Violence | 86 5 Divine Violence as Trauma | 119 6 Mystical Theology and the Four Discourses | 150 Conclusion: Theology as Failure | 175 Acknowledgments | 183 Notes | 185 Bibliography | 235 Index | 251
£102.60
Fordham University Press Religion Emotion Sensation Affect Theories and
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction: Mappings and Crossings Karen Bray and Stephen D. Moore | 1 The Animality of Affect: Religion, Emotion, and Power Donovan O. Schaefer | 19 Capitalism as Religion, Debt as Interface: Wearing the World as a Debt Garment Gregory J. Seigworth | 38 Immobile Theologies, Carceral Affects: Interest and Debt in Faith-Based Prison Programs Erin Runions | 55 Affective Politics of the Unending Korean War: Remembering and Resistance Wonhee Anne Joh | 85 Weeping by the Water: Hydraulic Affects and Political Depression in South Korea after Sewol Dong Sung Kim | 110 Reading (with) Rhythm for the Sake of the (I-n-)Islands: A Rastafarian Interpretation of Samson as Ambi(val)ent Affective Assemblage A. Paige Rawson | 126 The “Unspeakable Teachings” of The Secret Gospel of Mark: Feelings and Fantasies in the Making of Christian Histories Alexis G. Waller | 145 Gender: A Public Feeling? Max Thornton | 174 Writing Affect and Theology in Indigenous Futures Mathew Arthur | 187 Feeling Dead, Dead Feeling Amy Hollywood | 206 Acknowledgments | 219 List of Contributors | 221 Index | 225
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Fordham University Press Religion Emotion Sensation Affect Theories and
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction: Mappings and Crossings Karen Bray and Stephen D. Moore | 1 The Animality of Affect: Religion, Emotion, and Power Donovan O. Schaefer | 19 Capitalism as Religion, Debt as Interface: Wearing the World as a Debt Garment Gregory J. Seigworth | 38 Immobile Theologies, Carceral Affects: Interest and Debt in Faith-Based Prison Programs Erin Runions | 55 Affective Politics of the Unending Korean War: Remembering and Resistance Wonhee Anne Joh | 85 Weeping by the Water: Hydraulic Affects and Political Depression in South Korea after Sewol Dong Sung Kim | 110 Reading (with) Rhythm for the Sake of the (I-n-)Islands: A Rastafarian Interpretation of Samson as Ambi(val)ent Affective Assemblage A. Paige Rawson | 126 The “Unspeakable Teachings” of The Secret Gospel of Mark: Feelings and Fantasies in the Making of Christian Histories Alexis G. Waller | 145 Gender: A Public Feeling? Max Thornton | 174 Writing Affect and Theology in Indigenous Futures Mathew Arthur | 187 Feeling Dead, Dead Feeling Amy Hollywood | 206 Acknowledgments | 219 List of Contributors | 221 Index | 225
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Fordham University Press Technologies of Critique
Book SynopsisCritiquea program of thought as well as a disposition toward the worldis a crucial resource for politics and thought today, yet it is again and again instrumentalized by institutional frames and captured by market logics. Technologies of Critique elaborates a critical practice that eludes such capture. Building on Chile's history of dissident artists and the central entangling of politics and aesthetics, Thayer engages continental philosophical traditions, from Aristotle, Descartes and Heidegger through Walter Benjamin and Gilles Deleuze, and in implicit conversation with the Judith Butler, Roberto Esposito, and Bruno Latour, to help pinpoint the technologies and media through which art intervenes critically in socio-political life.Table of ContentsTranslation Has Always Already Begun: Translator’s Introduction | vii 1 Critique and Life | 1 2 Critique and Work | 5 3 The Kríno Constellation | 8 4 Technologies of Critique | 10 5 The Word “Critique” | 14 6 Marx’s Critical Turn | 18 7 Crisis and Avant-Garde | 19 8 Critical Attitude | 24 9 Sovereign Critique I | 25 10 Hyperbole | 28 11 Sovereign Critique II | 31 12 The Epoch of Critique | 33 13 Critique within the Frame, Critique of the Frame | 35 14 Manet: The Kant of Painting | 38 15 Heidegger’s Demand | 40 16 Critique and Figure | 44 17 Thought and Figure | 46 18 The Leveling of the Pit | 49 19 The Clash of Film and Theater | 51 20 Critique’s Loss of Aura | 54 21 Critique and Mass | 55 22 Nihil and Philosophy | 60 23 Jenny | 62 24 The Epoch of Nihilism. Nihil as Epoch. | 66 25 The Exhausted Age | 70 26 The Coexistence of Technologies: Marx | 73 27 Referential Illusion | 75 28 Critique and Installation | 76 29 Critique as the Unworking of Theater | 82 30 Destruction | 86 31 Sovereign Exception, Destructive Exception | 87 32 The Absolute Drought of Critique | 95 33 Sorel: Sovereign Critique | 97 34 Benjamin: Pure Strike and Critique | 104 35 The Destruction of Theater | 107 36 Thought Is Inseparable from a Critique | 111 Notes | 115 Index | 171
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Fordham University Press A Desire Called America
Book SynopsisPresents interpretations of American literature and politics, focusing on the work of Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, William S. Burroughs, and Thomas Pynchon. Analyzes how literary texts imagine America in utopian terms, contrasting American exceptionalism to non-capitalist visions of the American future.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Impossibly American | 1 1. A Revolutionary Haunt: Utopian Frontiers in William S. Burroughs’s Late Trilogy | 33 2. The People and the People: Democracy and Vitalism in Walt Whitman’s 1855 Leaves of Grass | 74 3. Nobody’s Wife: Affective Economies of Marriage in Emily Dickinson | 114 4. Idle Power: The Riot, the Commune, and Capitalist Time in Thomas Pynchon’s Against the Day | 157 Coda: Assembling the Future | 205 Acknowledgments | 209 Notes | 213 Index | 241
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Fordham University Press Queer Natures Queer Mythologies
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction | 1 Part I: Queer Natures Charles Darwin, Queer Theorist | 11 The Comedy of Nature: Darwinian Feminism in Virginia Woolf’s Between the Acts | 50 Art for Science’s Sake: Wilde in Whitman’s Wilderness | 90 Exfoliating Modernist Realism: Carpenter, Darwin, and Forster | 97 “Spectacles in Color”: The Primitive Drag of Langston Hughes | 106 Epilogue: The Myth of Nature | 134 Part II: Queer Mythologies Fast Books Read Slow: The Shapes of Speed in Manhattan Transfer and The Sun Also Rises | 159 Making Modernism New: Queer Mythology in The Young and Evil | 194 American Failurism: Hart Crane’s The Bridge and Kenneth Burke’s Paradox of Purity | 229 The Cruelty of Breeding: Queer Time in The Waste Land | 258 Essays The Ancients and the Queer Moderns Scott Herring | 271 Contrary / Sexual / Feeling Heather Love | 288 Late Sam See Wendy Moffat | 300 Acknowledgments | 309 List of Contributors | 311 Index | 313
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Fordham University Press Queer Natures Queer Mythologies
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction | 1 Part I: Queer Natures Charles Darwin, Queer Theorist | 11 The Comedy of Nature: Darwinian Feminism in Virginia Woolf’s Between the Acts | 50 Art for Science’s Sake: Wilde in Whitman’s Wilderness | 90 Exfoliating Modernist Realism: Carpenter, Darwin, and Forster | 97 “Spectacles in Color”: The Primitive Drag of Langston Hughes | 106 Epilogue: The Myth of Nature | 134 Part II: Queer Mythologies Fast Books Read Slow: The Shapes of Speed in Manhattan Transfer and The Sun Also Rises | 159 Making Modernism New: Queer Mythology in The Young and Evil | 194 American Failurism: Hart Crane’s The Bridge and Kenneth Burke’s Paradox of Purity | 229 The Cruelty of Breeding: Queer Time in The Waste Land | 258 Essays The Ancients and the Queer Moderns Scott Herring | 271 Contrary / Sexual / Feeling Heather Love | 288 Late Sam See Wendy Moffat | 300 Acknowledgments | 309 List of Contributors | 311 Index | 313
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Fordham University Press Noir Affect
Book SynopsisNoir Affect defines noir in relationship to negative affect. It traces noir’s negativity as it manifests in different national contexts and a range of different media. The forms of affect associated with noir are resolutely negative: loss, sadness, rage, shame, guilt, regret, anxiety, humiliation, resentment, resistance, and refusal.Table of ContentsPreface | vii Introduction: Dark Passages Christopher Breu and Elizabeth A. Hatmaker | 1 1. Toward Alphaville: Noir, Midcentury Communication, and the Management of Affect Justus Nieland | 29 2. Public Violence as Private Pathology: Noir Affect in The End of a Primitive Christopher Breu | 59 3. Cold Kink: Race and Sex in the African American Underworld Kirin Wachter-Grene | 78 4. Noir Pedagogy: The Problem of Student Masochism in the Classroom Economy Elizabeth A. Hatmaker | 99 5. The Shadows of the Twilight World: Beebo Brinker and the Circulation of Affect Sean Grattan | 122 6. Peripheral Noir, Mediation, and Capitalism: Noir Form, Noir Mediascape, Sociological Noir Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado | 137 7. Cyborg Affect and the Power of the Posthuman in the Ghost in the Shell Franchise Peter Hitchcock | 156 8. Playing with Negativity: Max Payne, Neoliberal Collapse, and the Noir Video Game Brian Rejack | 178 9. Chick Noir: Surveilling Femininity and the Affects of Loss in Gone Girl Pamela Thoma | 197 10. Surplus Feelings: Neoliberal Noir and the Affective Economy of Debt Alexander Dunst | 222 11. Capitalism as Affective Atmosphere: The Noir Worlds of Massimo Carlotto Andrew Pepper | 241 Afterword: Melodrama, Noir’s Kid Sister, or Crying in Trump’s America Paula Rabinowitz | 261 List of Contributors | 275 Index | 279
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Fordham University Press Peculiar Attunements How Affect Theory Turned
Book SynopsisPeculiar Attunements places the recent turn to affect into conversation with an earlier affective turn that took place in European music theory of the eighteenth century. It offers a new way of thinking through affect historically and dialectically, drawing attention to repeating patterns and problems in affect theory’s history.Table of ContentsNotes on Orthography and Translation | vii Introduction | 1 1 Eighteenth-Century Opera and the Mimetic Affektenlehre | 29 2 Comic Opera: Mimesis Exploded | 61 3 “Sonate, que me veux-tu?” and Other Dilemmas of Instrumental Music | 86 4 The Attunement Affektenlehre | 108 Coda: Affect after the Affektenlehre | 131 Acknowledgments | 143 Bibliography | 147 Index | 161
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Fordham University Press Middling Romanticism Reading in the Gaps from
Book SynopsisExamines various forms of the middle (such as the medium, moderation, and mediocrity) that re-negotiated in the writings of British and German romanticism, along with a consideration of how our own relationship to romanticism is influenced by its medial thinking.Table of ContentsIntroduction | 1 1. Parenthyrsos: On the Medium of the Sublime | 17 2. The Medium Eats the Message: Mediatization and Force in Kleist’s “Michael Kohlhaas” | 38 3. Radically Neutral: Hegel, Haiti, Kleist | 71 4. Love Language: Plato, Shelley, Schlegel | 104 5. This Is (Not) a Joint: Two Readings of Friedrich Hölderlin | 127 6. Lyric Meditude: On Hölderlin and Ashbery | 154 After Words | 173 Acknowledgments | 187 Notes | 189 Works Cited | 217 Index | 233
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Fordham University Press Shibboleth Judges Derrida Celan Lit Z
Book SynopsisTable of Contents1 Shibboleth: Inheritance | 1 שיבולת 2 : Judges | 13 3 S(h)ibboleth: Sovereign Violence and the Remainder | 19 4 Schibboleth: Derrida | 36 5 Schibboleth: Celan | 50 6 “S(ch)ibboleth”: Apostrophe | 69 7 S(c)hibboleth: Babel | 86 8 Shibboleth: Salcedo | 100 Acknowledgments | 107 Notes | 109 Index | 155
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Fordham University Press Shibboleth
Book SynopsisWorking from the Bible to contemporary art, Shibboleth surveys the linguistic performances behind the politics of border crossings and the policing of identities. In the Book of Judges, the Gileadites use the word shibboleth to target and kill members of a closely related tribe, the Ephraimites, who cannot pronounce the initial shin phoneme. In modern European languages, shibboleth has come to mean a hard-to-falsify sign that winnows identities and establishes and confirms borders. It has also acquired the ancillary meanings of slogan or cliche. The semantic field of shibboleth thus seems keyed to the waning of the logos in an era of technical reproducibility-to the proliferation of technologies and practices of encryption, decryption, exclusion and inclusion that saturate modern life. The various phenomena we sum up as neoliberalism and globalization are unimaginable in the absence of shibboleth-technologies. In the context of an unending refugee crisis and a general displacement,Table of Contents1 Shibboleth: Inheritance | 1 שיבולת 2 : Judges | 13 3 S(h)ibboleth: Sovereign Violence and the Remainder | 19 4 Schibboleth: Derrida | 36 5 Schibboleth: Celan | 50 6 “S(ch)ibboleth”: Apostrophe | 69 7 S(c)hibboleth: Babel | 86 8 Shibboleth: Salcedo | 100 Acknowledgments | 107 Notes | 109 Index | 155
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Fordham University Press In Defense of Secrets
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreamble | ix I. Memories of the Secret Origins | 3 In the Crypt | 6 Etymology | 8 When the Secret Appears | 10 Occult Force | 14 II. The Secret’s Passions Lifting the Veil | 19 The Unavowable | 22 A Treasure, a Poison | 25 Genesis | 27 Storia I | 29 III. Being or Having The Last Secret | 39 The Body au secret | 41 Eroticism | 44 Storia II | 47 Storia III | 53 IV. Transparency and Truth Violations | 59 Dissimulations | 63 Surveillances | 65 Adaptations | 67 Mirages | 69 Big Data, Hyperconnection, Speed: The Spiral | 72 Archives | 74 Secret Societies | 77 The Unifying Secret | 81 V. An Ethics of the Secret Panopticum: Bentham, Kant, Constant | 85 Inappropriable | 88 Creative Power | 90 The Secret of Dreams | 92 Sex and Prayer | 95 Secret Sideration | 97 Jealousies | 102 The Conspiracy Theory | 105 VI. Toward Mystery Secret Nature | 109 Veils | 111 Legacies | 114 Aside | 117 A Part of One’s Own | 123 Secret of the Prophetic Voice | 125 Sacrifice | 129 Mystery’s Share | 133 Notes | 139 Bibliography | 141
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Fordham University Press Rationalist Empiricism A Theory of Speculative
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Philosophical Conjuncture | 1 Part I: Rationalist Empiricism 1. Absent Blue Wax: On the Mingling of Methodological Exceptions | 35 2. Althusser’s Dream: The Materialist Dialectic of Rationalist Empiricism | 50 Part II: Speculative Critique 3. Hegel’s Cogito: On the Genetic Epistemology of Critical Metaphysics | 73 4. Hegel’s Apprentice: From Speculative Idealism to Speculative Materialism | 90 Part III: Science, Art, Structure 5. Hegel’s Kilogram: Taking the Measure of Metrical Units | 125 6. The Technics of Prehension: On the Photography of Nicolas Baier | 141 7. Where’s Number Four? The Place of Structure in Plato’s Timaeus | 166 Coda: Structure and Form | 181 Part IV: Theory and Praxis 8. Badiou after Meillassoux: The Politics of the Problem of Induction | 185 9. The Criterion of Immanence and the Transformation of Structural Causality: From Althusser to Théorie Communiste | 204 10. The Analytic of Separation: History and Concept in Marx | 228 Conclusion: The True, the Good, the Beautiful | 249 Acknowledgments | 263 Notes | 265 Works Cited | 291 Index | 301
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Fordham University Press Rationalist Empiricism A Theory of Speculative
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Philosophical Conjuncture | 1 Part I: Rationalist Empiricism 1. Absent Blue Wax: On the Mingling of Methodological Exceptions | 35 2. Althusser’s Dream: The Materialist Dialectic of Rationalist Empiricism | 50 Part II: Speculative Critique 3. Hegel’s Cogito: On the Genetic Epistemology of Critical Metaphysics | 73 4. Hegel’s Apprentice: From Speculative Idealism to Speculative Materialism | 90 Part III: Science, Art, Structure 5. Hegel’s Kilogram: Taking the Measure of Metrical Units | 125 6. The Technics of Prehension: On the Photography of Nicolas Baier | 141 7. Where’s Number Four? The Place of Structure in Plato’s Timaeus | 166 Coda: Structure and Form | 181 Part IV: Theory and Praxis 8. Badiou after Meillassoux: The Politics of the Problem of Induction | 185 9. The Criterion of Immanence and the Transformation of Structural Causality: From Althusser to Théorie Communiste | 204 10. The Analytic of Separation: History and Concept in Marx | 228 Conclusion: The True, the Good, the Beautiful | 249 Acknowledgments | 263 Notes | 265 Works Cited | 291 Index | 301
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Fordham University Press Deconstruction in a Nutshell A Conversation with
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgements | xi Abbreviations | xiii Introduction (2020): Specters of Derrida by John D. Caputo | xix Part One The Villanova Roundtable: A Conversation with Jacques Derrida Part Two A Commentary: Deconstruction in a Nutshell 1. Deconstruction in a Nutshell: The Very Idea (!) | 31 The Aporetics of the Nutshell | 31 The Axiomatics of Indignation (The Very Idea!) | 36 Apologia: An Excuse for Violence | 44 Nutshells, Six of Them | 47 2. The Right to Philosophy | 49 Of Rights, Responsibilities, and a New Enlightenment | 49 Institutional Initiatives | 60 Between the "Department of Philosophy" and a Philosophy to Come | 69 3. Khora: Being Serious with Plato | 71 A Hoax | 71 Deconstruction is Serious Business | 74 An Exorbitant Method | 77 Khora | 82 Two Tropics of Negativity | 92 Differance: Khora is Its Surname | 96 4. Community Without Community | 106 Hospitality | 109 Identity Without Identity | 113 An Open Quasi-Community | 121 5. Justice, If Such a Thing Exists | 125 Doing Justice to Derrida | 125 Deconstruction and the Possibility of Justice | 129 The Gift | 140 Dike: Derrida, Heidegger, and Dis-junctive Justice | 151 6. The Messianic: Waiting for the Future | 156 The Messianic Twist in Deconstruction | 156 Faith Without Religion | 164 The Messianic and the Messianisms: | 168 -Which Comes First? | 168 -When Will You Come? | 178 7. Re-Joyce, Say "Yes" | 181 Between Husserl and Joyce | 182 The Gramophone Effect | 184 Joyce's Signature | 189 Inaugurations: Encore | 198 A Concluding Amen | 201 Bibliography | 203 Index of Names | 209 Index of Subjects | 213
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Fordham University Press Kubricks Men
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction: Kubrick and the Men’s Film | 1 1 Men’s Pictures | 13 Photography • Fight Films • Documentary 2 War Films: Napoleon, Fear and Desire, Paths of Glory, Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey | 43 Maximal Kubrick • Generic War • What Becomes a Man: Decoration and Decorum • The Essence of Men, or Loving the Bomb • Homo Bellicus 3 Male Sexuality and Homosexuality I: Lolita, The Killing, Spartacus | 87 Two Normal Guys • Killing Time • At the Baths 4 Male Sexuality and Homosexuality II: Barry Lyndon, A Clockwork Orange, Eyes Wide Shut, The Shining | 122 Homosexuals in History • Resucked • Where the Rainbow Ends • Kubrick’s Apparitional Homosexuals 5 His Fundamental Core: Full Metal Jacket | 168 Head Like a Hole • Field-Fuck • “This Is for Fighting! This Is for Fun!” • “This Is Vietnam, the Movie” Coda: Visual Pleasure in Kubrick | 195 Acknowledgments | 199 Notes | 203 Index | 233
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Fordham University Press Kubricks Men
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction: Kubrick and the Men’s Film | 1 1 Men’s Pictures | 13 Photography • Fight Films • Documentary 2 War Films: Napoleon, Fear and Desire, Paths of Glory, Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey | 43 Maximal Kubrick • Generic War • What Becomes a Man: Decoration and Decorum • The Essence of Men, or Loving the Bomb • Homo Bellicus 3 Male Sexuality and Homosexuality I: Lolita, The Killing, Spartacus | 87 Two Normal Guys • Killing Time • At the Baths 4 Male Sexuality and Homosexuality II: Barry Lyndon, A Clockwork Orange, Eyes Wide Shut, The Shining | 122 Homosexuals in History • Resucked • Where the Rainbow Ends • Kubrick’s Apparitional Homosexuals 5 His Fundamental Core: Full Metal Jacket | 168 Head Like a Hole • Field-Fuck • “This Is for Fighting! This Is for Fun!” • “This Is Vietnam, the Movie” Coda: Visual Pleasure in Kubrick | 195 Acknowledgments | 199 Notes | 203 Index | 233
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Fordham University Press Now What Quandaries of Art and the Radical Past
Book SynopsisA profound and affecting meditation on art and revolutionTable of ContentsIntroduction: Being Afterward | 1 1 Lupe at the Mic After January 1959, Havana, Cuba, in Tatlin’s Whisper #6 | 11 2 The Tenuous Moonlight of an Unrequited Past After September 11, 1973, Santiago de Chile, in The Battle of Chile, Chile: Obstinate Memory, and Nostalgia for the Light | 35 3 Something That Opens a Wish and Closes a Door After December 1989, Romania, in Videograms of a Revolution, Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu, and 12:08 East of Bucharest | 63 4 Whoever Knows the Truth Lies After October 1977, West Germany, in Germany in Autumn and October 18, 1977 | 123 Conclusion: The Undersong of Our Histories | 161 Acknowledgments | 183 Notes | 185
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Fordham University Press Sexistence
Book SynopsisSexistence develops a new philosophical account of sexuality that troubles our conceptions of existence.Table of ContentsPreliminaries | 1 A. Fatality? | 1 B. Liberation? | 5 C. Philosophy? | 10 D. Drive? | 17 E. Unsayable? | 21 1. Lifting | 26 2. Transmission | 28 3. Appropriation | 30 4. Fiction | 32 5. Real | 35 6. History | 38 7. Technics and Transcendence | 41 8. Excessive Nature | 45 9. Desire | 50 10. Continuous, Discontinuous | 53 11. Devouring | 57 12. Ass in Air | 61 13. Penetration | 66 14. Too Much, Too Little | 70 15. Sex Singular Plural | 74 16. not a word / I lacked | 79 17. Joy | 84 18. Troubles | 89 19. Love Unto Death | 97 20. Love Unto Life | 101 21. Erotic Novel | 108 Postlude | 119 Superfluous Supplement | 120 Notes | 123
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Fordham University Press Vertigo
Book SynopsisReading philosophy through the lens of Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo, Andrea Cavalletti shows why, for two centuries, major philosophers have come to think of vertigo as intrinsically part of philosophy itself. In doing so, Cavalletti brings out the vertiginous nature of identity.Table of ContentsForeword by Daniel Heller-Roazen | vii Incipit | 1 1 Vertigo Effect | 3 2 We Are Not Here | 34 3 Habit, Mask | 79 4 A Singular Rapture | 106 5 Chasm | 113 6 Surface | 130 Explicit | 147 Notes | 151 Bibliography | 177 Index | 197
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Fordham University Press Vertigo
Book SynopsisReading philosophy through the lens of Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo, Andrea Cavalletti shows why, for two centuries, major philosophers have come to think of vertigo as intrinsically part of philosophy itself. In doing so, Cavalletti brings out the vertiginous nature of identity.Table of ContentsForeword by Daniel Heller-Roazen | vii Incipit | 1 1 Vertigo Effect | 3 2 We Are Not Here | 34 3 Habit, Mask | 79 4 A Singular Rapture | 106 5 Chasm | 113 6 Surface | 130 Explicit | 147 Notes | 151 Bibliography | 177 Index | 197
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Fordham University Press Throwing the Moral Dice
Book SynopsisFrom deconstruction to feminism to ecological thought, some of today’s most influential thinkers consider the challenge that contingent life poses to the broad claims of ethics. In doing so, they reshape the most debated concepts of moral philosophy.Table of ContentsForeword: Ethics and Contingency Alain Badiou | ix Introduction" Throwing the Moral Dice: Ethics 2.0, Contingency, and Dialectics Thomas Claviez and Viola Marchi | 1 I Throwing the Moral Dice: Ethics and/of Contingency Three Notes on Contingency Today: Stress, Science—and Consolation from the Past? Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht | 33 Cosmopolitan Ethics as an Ethics of Contingency: Toward a Metonymic Community Thomas Claviez | 45 Dumb Luck: Jacques Derrida and the Problem of Contingency Michael Naas | 69 The Apophatic Community: Ethics, Contingency, Negation Viola Marchi | 94 II Other Others: Ethics 2.0 and the Problem of the “Unsynthesizable” Commonality versus Individuality: An Ethical Dilemma? Étienne Balibar | 127 Critique, Power, and the Ethics of Affirmation Rosi Braidotti | 145 The Promise of Practical Philosophy and Institutional Innovation Drucilla Cornell | 162 Ethics of Circular Time Slavoj Žižek | 182 The Road Not Taken: Environmental Ethics, Reciprocity, and Non-Negative Nonagency Thomas Claviez | 206 “There Is No World”: Living Life in Deconstruction and Theoretical Biology Cary Wolfe | 229 Works Cited | 251 List of Contributors | 269 Index | 273
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Fordham University Press Throwing the Moral Dice
Book SynopsisFrom deconstruction to feminism to ecological thought, some of today’s most influential thinkers consider the challenge that contingent life poses to the broad claims of ethics. In doing so, they reshape the most debated concepts of moral philosophy.Table of ContentsForeword: Ethics and Contingency Alain Badiou | ix Introduction" Throwing the Moral Dice: Ethics 2.0, Contingency, and Dialectics Thomas Claviez and Viola Marchi | 1 I Throwing the Moral Dice: Ethics and/of Contingency Three Notes on Contingency Today: Stress, Science—and Consolation from the Past? Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht | 33 Cosmopolitan Ethics as an Ethics of Contingency: Toward a Metonymic Community Thomas Claviez | 45 Dumb Luck: Jacques Derrida and the Problem of Contingency Michael Naas | 69 The Apophatic Community: Ethics, Contingency, Negation Viola Marchi | 94 II Other Others: Ethics 2.0 and the Problem of the “Unsynthesizable” Commonality versus Individuality: An Ethical Dilemma? Étienne Balibar | 127 Critique, Power, and the Ethics of Affirmation Rosi Braidotti | 145 The Promise of Practical Philosophy and Institutional Innovation Drucilla Cornell | 162 Ethics of Circular Time Slavoj Žižek | 182 The Road Not Taken: Environmental Ethics, Reciprocity, and Non-Negative Nonagency Thomas Claviez | 206 “There Is No World”: Living Life in Deconstruction and Theoretical Biology Cary Wolfe | 229 Works Cited | 251 List of Contributors | 269 Index | 273
£25.19
University of Hawai'i Press Islands of Protest Japanese Literature from
Book SynopsisLiterature is an important vehicle to further knowledge of other cultures, and English translations of Okinawan literary works have had a major impact on the field of Okinawan studies. Yet the riches of Okinawa's literature have yet to be adequately mined. Islands of Protest attempts to address this with this selection of critically acclaimed modern and contemporary works in English.
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd Postcolonial Theory and Criticism
Book SynopsisArticles on the historical, social and political realities of postcolonialism as expressed in contemporary writing.Contemporary postcolonial studies represent a controversial area of debate. This collection seeks a more pragmatic approach to the subject, taking into account its historical, social and political realities, rather than ignoring aconsideration of material conditions. The contributors look at the oppositional power held and exercised by anti-colonial movements, a neglected topic; address the literary strategies devised by metropolitan writers to contain the insecurities of empire, given that unrest and opposition were integral to British imperialism; contest the charges of nativism and essentialism made by postcolonial critics against liberation writings; and investigate the voicesof both inhabitants of post-independence nation states, and those scattered by colonialism itself. Dr LAURA CHRISMAN teaches at Sussex University; BENITA PARRY is Honorary Professor at Warwick University. Contributors: Vilashini Cooppan, Fernando Coronil, Gautam Premnath, Ato Quayson, Tim Watson, Lawrence Phillips, Sukhdev SandhuTable of ContentsW(h)ither Post-Colonial Studies? Towards the Transnational Study of Race and Nation - Vilashini Cooppan Listening to the Subaltern: Postcolonial Studies and the Poetics of Neocolonial States - Fernando Coronil Remembering Fanon, Decolonizing Diaspora - Gautam Premnath Instrumental and Synoptic Dimensions of Interdisciplinarity in Postcolonial Studies - Indian and Irish Unrest in Kipling's Kim - Tim Watson The Canker of Empire: Colonialism, Autobiography and the Representation of Illness: Jack London and Robert Louis Stevenson in the Marquesasin the Marquesas - Lawrence Phillips Pop Goes the Centre: Hanif Kureishi's London - Sukhdev Sandhu
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Harvard University Press Alexander A. Potebnjas Psycholinguistic Theory of
Book SynopsisThe work of Potebnja, a leading Ukrainian linguist of the 19th century, has significantly influenced modern literary criticism, particularly Russian formalism and structuralism. In his study, Fizer carefully reconstructs Potebnja's theory of literature from the psycholinguistic formulations found in his works on language, mythology, and folklore.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd World Literature in Theory
Book SynopsisWorld Literature in Theory provides a definitive exploration of the pressing questions facing those studying world literature today.Table of ContentsIntroduction: World Literature in Theory and Practice 1 Part One: Origins 13 1 Conversations with Eckermann on Weltliteratur (1827) 15 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 2 The Emergence of Weltliteratur: Goethe and the Romantic School (2006) 22 John Pizer 3 Present Tasks of Comparative Literature (1877) 35 Hugo Meltzl 4 What is World Literature? (1886) 42 Hutcheson Macaulay Posnett 5 World Literature (1907) 47 Rabindranath Tagore 6 A View on the Unification of Literature (1922) 58 Zheng Zhenduo Part Two: World Literature in the Age of Globalization 69 7 Reflections on Yiddish World Literature (1938–1939) 71 Melekh Ravitsh and Borekh Rivkin 8 Should We Rethink the Notion of World Literature? (1974) 85 René Etiemble 9 Constructing Comparables (2000) 99 Marcel Detienne 10 Traveling Theory (1982) 114 Edward W. Said 11 Toward World Literary Knowledges: Theory in the Age of Globalization (2010) 134 Revathi Krishnaswamy 12 Conjectures on World Literature (2000) and More Conjectures (2003) 159 Franco Moretti 13 World Literature without a Hyphen: Towards a Typology of Literary Systems (2008) 180 Alexander Beecroft 14 Literature as a World (2005) 192 Pascale Casanova 15 Globalization and Cultural Diversity in the Book Market: The Case of Literary Translations in the US and in France (2010) 209 Gisèle Sapiro 16 From Cultural Turn to Translational Turn: A Transnational Journey (2011) 234 Susan Bassnett Part Three: Debating World Literature 247 17 Stepping Forward and Back: Issues and Possibilities for “World” Poetry (2004) 249 Stephen Owen 18 To World, to Globalize: World Literature’s Crossroads (2004) 264 Djelal Kadir 19 For a World-Literature in French (2007) 271 Michel Le Bris et al. 20 For a Living and Popular Francophonie (2007) 276 Nicolas Sarkozy 21 Francophonie and Universality: The Ideological Challenges of Littérature-monde (2009) 279 Jacqueline Dutton 22 Universalisms and Francophonies (2009) 293 Françoise Lionnet 23 Orientalism and the Institution of World Literatures (2010) 313 Aamir R. Mufti 24 Against World Literature (2013) 345 Emily Apter 25 Comparative Literature/World Literature: A Discussion (2011) 363 Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and David Damrosch Part Four: World Literature in the World 389 26 The Argentine Writer and Tradition (1943) 391 Jorge Luis Borges 27 Cultures and Contexts (2001) 398 Tania Franco Carvalhal 28 An Idea of Literature: South Africa, India, the West (2001) 405 Michael Chapman 29 The Deterritorialization of American Literature (2007) 416 Paul Giles 30 Islamic Literary Networks in South and Southeast Asia (2010) 437 Ronit Ricci 31 Rethinking the World in World Literature: East Asia and Literary Contact Nebulae (2009) 460 Karen Laura Thornber 32 Global Cinema, World Cinema (2010) 480 Denilson Lopes 33 The Strategy of Digital Modernism: Young-hae Chang Heavy Industries’ Dakota (2008) 493 Jessica Pressman Epilogue: The Changing Concept of World Literature 513 Zhang Longxi Index 524
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to the Philosophy of Literature
Book SynopsisThis volume in the Blackwell Companions to Philosophy series focuses on the main themes and topics in the philosophy of literature. It is composed of all newly commissioned essays, written by the top scholars in the field. Note: I received a lot of advice on this project over several iterations.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors viii Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 Garry L. Hagberg and Walter Jost Part I Relations between Philosophy and Literature 5 1 Philosophy as Literature and More than Literature 7 Richard Shusterman 2 Philosophy and Literature: Friends of the Earth? 22 Roger A. Shiner 3 Philosophy and Literature – and Rhetoric: Adventures in Polytopia 38 Walter Jost 4 Philosophy and/as/of Literature 52 Arthur C. Danto Part II Emotional Engagement and the Experience of Reading 69 5 Emotion and the Understanding of Narrative 71 Jenefer Robinson 6 Feeling Fictions 93 Roger Scruton 7 The Experience of Reading 106 Peter Kivy 8 Self-Defining Reading: Literature and the Constitution of Personhood 120 Garry L. Hagberg Part III Philosophy, Tragedy, and Literary Form 159 9 Tragedy and Philosophy 161 Anthony J. Cascardi 10 Iago’s Elenchus: Shakespeare, Othello, and the Platonic Inheritance 174 M. W. Rowe 11 Catharsis 193 Jonathan Lear 12 Passion, Counter-Passion, Catharsis: Flaubert (and Beckett) on Feeling Nothing 218 Joshua Landy Part IV Literature and the Moral Life 239 13 Perceptive Equilibrium: Literary Theory and Ethical Theory 241 Martha C. Nussbaum 14 Henry James, Moral Philosophers, Moralism 268 Cora Diamond 15 Literature and the Idea of Morality 285 Eileen John 16 Styles of Self-Absorption 300 Daniel Brudney Part V Narrative and the Question of Literary Truth 329 17 Narration, Imitation, and Point of View 331 Gregory Currie 18 How and What We Can Learn from Fiction 350 Mitchell Green 19 Literature and Truth 367 Peter Lamarque 20 Truth in Poetry: Particulars and Universals 385 Richard Eldridge Part VI Intention and Biography in Criticism 399 21 Authorial Intention and the Varieties of Intentionalism 401 Paisley Livingston 22 Art as Techne, or, The Intentional Fallacy and the Unfinished Project of Formalism 420 Henry Staten 23 Biography in Literary Criticism 436 Stein Haugom Olsen 24 Getting Inside Heisenberg’s Head 453 Ray Monk Part VII On Literary Language 465 25 Wittgenstein and Literary Language 467 Jon Cook and Rupert Read 26 Exemplification and Expression 491 Charles Altieri 27 At Play in the Fields of Metaphor 507 Ted Cohen 28 Macbeth Appalled 521 Stanley Cavell Index 541
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Palgrave Macmillan Utopia and the Village in South Asian Literatures
Book SynopsisShifting the postcolonial focus away from the city and towards the village, this book examines the rural as a trope in twentieth-century South Asian literatures to propose a new literary history based on notions of utopia, dystopia, and heterotopia and how these ideas have circulated in the literary and the cultural imaginaries of the subcontinent.Trade Review“Anupama Mohan has written a lively book with a focus on the utopian imaginative mode and the representation of the village in South Asian literatures … . Mohan’s book is thus a promising beginning: it is an entrée to a potentially highly fertile field, and whets one’s appetite for more work, for more academic conversations and collaborations between scholars working on utopia, dystopia, and heterotopia in South Asian literatures.” (Barnita Bagchi, Comparative Literature Studies, Vol. 52 (4), 2015)“Utopia and the Village in South Asian Literatures is an excellent exploration of the function of the utopic in the representation of the rural in the work of Indian and Sri Lankan writers. … Anupama Mohan’s Utopia and the Village in South Asian Literatures is a very important contribution not only to South Asian literary studies and utopia studies but to scholars of spatial modernity as well, particularly in the postcolonial context.” (Aniruddha Mukhopadhyay, South Asian Review, Vol. 36 (1), 2015)Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Representing the Rural Hind Swaraj and Rural Utopia Beddagama: Dystopia in Ceylon Kanthapura and Khasak: Utopia in Distress Koggala and the Reclaimed Buddhist Utopia Rethinking the Binary: Rural Heterotopia Conclusion Works Cited Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Digital Humanities
Book SynopsisThis Companion offers a thorough, concise overview of the emerging field of humanities computing. * Contains 37 original articles written by leaders in the field. * Addresses the central concerns shared by those interested in the subject.Trade Review"A Companion to Digital Humanities stands on its own as a post-Revolution snapshot. It shows what happened immediately after computing became both practical, necessary and omnipresent in the Humanities.... Let there be another volume like this to document the next five years." (Classical Journal Online, May 2009) “Offers the best general introduction to this amorphous field.” (Literary Research Guide)Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors viii Foreword: Perspectives on the Digital Humanities xviRoberto A. Busa The Digital Humanities and Humanities Computing: An Introduction xxiiiSusan Schreibman, Ray Siemens, and John Unsworth PART I History 1 The History of Humanities Computing 3Susan Hockey 2 Computing for Archaeologists 20Harrison Eiteljorg, II 3 Art History 31Michael Greenhalgh 4 Classics and the Computer: An End of the History 46Greg Crane 5 Computing and the Historical Imagination 56William G. Thomas, III 6 Lexicography 69Russon Wooldridge 7 Linguistics Meets Exact Sciences 79Jan Hajic¡ 8 Literary Studies 88Thomas Rommel 9 Music 97Ichiro Fujinaga and Susan Forscher Weiss 10 Multimedia 108Geoffrey Rockwell and Andrew Mactavish 11 Performing Arts 121David Z. Saltz 12 ‘‘Revolution? What Revolution?’’ Successes and Limits of Computing Technologies in Philosophy and Religion 132Charles Ess PART II Principles 13 How the Computer Works 145Andrea Laue 14 Classification and its Structures 161C. M. Sperberg-McQueen 15 Databases 177Stephen Ramsay 16 Marking Texts of Many Dimensions 198Jerome McGann 17 Text Encoding 218Allen H. Renear 18 Electronic Texts: Audiences and Purposes 240Perry Willett 19 Modeling: A Study in Words and Meanings 254Willard McCarty PART III Applications 20 Stylistic Analysis and Authorship Studies 273Hugh Craig 21 Preparation and Analysis of Linguistic Corpora 289Nancy Ide 22 Electronic Scholarly Editing 306Martha Nell Smith 23 Textual Analysis 323John Burrows 24 Thematic Research Collections 348Carole L. Palmer 25 Print Scholarship and Digital Resources 366Claire Warwick 26 Digital Media and the Analysis of Film 383Robert Kolker 27 Cognitive Stylistics and the Literary Imagination 397Ian Lancashire 28 Multivariant Narratives 415Marie-Laure Ryan 29 Speculative Computing: Aesthetic Provocations in Humanities Computing 431Johanna Drucker (and Bethany Nowviskie) 30 Robotic Poetics 448William Winder PART IV Production, Dissemination, Archiving 31 Designing Sustainable Projects and Publications 471Daniel V. Pitti 32 Conversion of Primary Sources 488Marilyn Deegan and Simon Tanner 33 Text Tools 505John Bradley 34 ‘‘So the Colors Cover the Wires’’: Interface, Aesthetics, and Usability 523Matthew G. Kirschenbaum 35 Intermediation and its Malcontents: Validating Professionalism in the Age of Raw Dissemination 543Michael Jensen 36 The Past, Present, and Future of Digital Libraries 557Howard Besser 37 Preservation 576Abby Smith Index 592
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Chotti Munda and His Arrow
Book SynopsisThe wide sweep of this important novel encompasses many layers. It ranges over decades in the life of Chotti - the central character - in which India moves from colonial rule to independence and then to the unrest of the 1970s.Trade Review“The importance of Ray’s book lies in its active transgression of the kind of knowledge-project that can and must be performed by a beginner’s guide. In this respect, her book works as an excellent pathway into the complex textures of Spivak’s own writings.” (Cultural Critique, 2012) Table of ContentsTranslator’s Foreword. 1. ‘Telling History’: An Interview with Mahasweta Devi. 2. Chotti Munda and his Arrow. Translator’s Afterword. Notes.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Philosophy of Literature
Book SynopsisEssential readings in the philosophy of literature are brought together for the first time in this anthology. Contains forty-five substantial and carefully chosen essays and extracts Provides a balanced and coherent overview of developments in the field during the past thirty years, including influential work on fiction, interpretation, metaphor, literary value, and the definition and ontology of literature Includes an additional historical section featuring generous selections of the writings of early pioneers such as Plato, Aristotle, Nietzsche, and Hume Serves as an ideal introduction to the philosophy of literature or the philosophy of art, as well as a handy compilation of contributions to the field by its leading figures Trade Review"This collection provides an ideal introduction to the issues that draw analytic philosophers to literature. It brings together an extraordinary array of the most vital, influential, and sophisticated essays published by philosophers of literature in the past three decades." Stephen Davies, University of Auckland "These essays, taken together, constitute a serious and probing exploration of several of the most fundamental philosophical puzzles about literature. They are also accessible, engaging, and frequently a lot of fun. A superb collection!" Kendall Walton, University of MichiganTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. Preface. Part I: Classic Sources. Introduction. 1. Republic: Plato. 2. Poetics: Aristotle. 3. Of Tragedy: David Hume. 4. The Birth of Tragedy: Friedrich Nietzsche. 5. Creative Writers and Day-Dreaming: Sigmund Freud. Part II: Definition of Literature. Introduction. 6. Spazio: Arrigo Lora-Totino. 7. What Isn't Literature?: E. D. Hirsch, Jr. 8. The Concept of Literature: Monroe Beardsley. 9. Literary Practice: Peter Lamarque and Stein Haugom Olsen. 10. What Is Literature?: Robert Stecker. Part III: Ontology of Literature. Introduction. 11. Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote: Jorge Luis Borges. 12. Literary Works as Types: Richard Wollheim. 13. Literature: J. O. Urmson. 14. Can the Work Survive the World?: Nelson Goodman and Catherine Elgin. 15. Work and Text: Gregory Currie. Part IV: Fiction. Introduction. 16. Doonesbury: Garry Trudeau. 17. The Logical Status of Fictional Discourse: John Searle. 18. Truth in Fiction: David Lewis. 19. What Is Fiction?: Gregory Currie. 20. Fiction and Nonfiction: Kendall Walton. 21. Fictional Characters as Abstract Artifacts: Amie Thomasson. 22. Logic and Criticism: Peter Lamarque. Part V: Emotion. Introduction. 23. Applicant: Harold Pinter. 24. How Can We Be Moved by the Fate of Anna Karenina?: Colin Radford. 25. Fearing Fictionally: Kendall Walton. 26. The Pleasures of Tragedy: Susan Feagin. 27. Tragedy and the Community of Sentiment: Flint Schier. Part VI: Metaphor. Introduction. 28. Essay on What I Think about Most: Anne Carson. 29. Metaphor: Max Black. 30. What Metaphors Mean: Donald Davidson. 31. Metaphor and Feeling: Ted Cohen. 32. Metaphor and Prop Oriented Make-Believe: Kendall Walton. Part VII: Interpretation. Introduction. 33. Who Is Responsible in Ethical Criticism, And for What?: Wayne C. Booth. 34. Criticism as Retrieval: Richard Wollheim. 35. The Postulated Author: Critical Monism as a Regulative Ideal: Alexander Nehamas. 36. Art Interpretation: Robert Stecker. 37. Art, Intention, and Conversation: Noël Carroll. 38. Intention and Interpretation: Jerrold Levinson. 39. Style and Personality in the Literary Work: Jenefer Robinson. Part VIII: Literary Values. Introduction. 40. Xingu: Edith Wharton. 41. On the Cognitive Triviality of Art: Jerome Stolnitz. 42. Literature and Knowledge: Catherine Wilson. 43. Finely Aware and Richly Responsible: Martha Nussbaum. 44. Literature, Truth, and Philosophy: Peter Lamarque and Stein Haugom Olsen. 45. The Ethical Criticism of Art: Berys Gaut. Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Philosophy of Literature
Book SynopsisEssential readings in the philosophy of literature are brought together for the first time in this anthology. Contains forty-five substantial and carefully chosen essays and extracts Provides a balanced and coherent overview of developments in the field during the past thirty years, including influential work on fiction, interpretation, metaphor, literary value, and the definition and ontology of literature Includes an additional historical section featuring generous selections of the writings of early pioneers such as Plato, Aristotle, Nietzsche, and Hume Serves as an ideal introduction to the philosophy of literature or the philosophy of art, as well as a handy compilation of contributions to the field by its leading figures Trade Review"This collection provides an ideal introduction to the issues that draw analytic philosophers to literature. It brings together an extraordinary array of the most vital, influential, and sophisticated essays published by philosophers of literature in the past three decades." Stephen Davies, University of Auckland "These essays, taken together, constitute a serious and probing exploration of several of the most fundamental philosophical puzzles about literature. They are also accessible, engaging, and frequently a lot of fun. A superb collection!" Kendall Walton, University of MichiganTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. Preface. Part I: Classic Sources:. Introduction. 1. Republic: Plato. 2. Poetics: Aristotle. 3. Of Tragedy: David Hume. 4. The Birth of Tragedy: Friedrich Nietzsche. 5. Creative Writers and Day-Dreaming: Sigmund Freud. Part II: Definition of Literature:. Introduction. 6. Spazio: Arrigo Lora-Totino. 7. What Isn’t Literature?: E. D. Hirsch, Jr. 8. The Concept of Literature: Monroe Beardsley. 9. Literary Practice: Peter Lamarque and Stein Haugom Olsen. 10. What Is Literature?: Robert Stecker. Part III: Ontology of Literature:. Introduction. 11. Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote: Jorge Luis Borges. 12. Literary Works as Types: Richard Wollheim. 13. Literature: J. O. Urmson. 14. Can the Work Survive the World?: Nelson Goodman and Catherine Elgin. 15. Work and Text: Gregory Currie. Part IV: Fiction:. Introduction. 16. Doonesbury: Garry Trudeau. 17. The Logical Status of Fictional Discourse: John Searle. 18. Truth in Fiction: David Lewis. 19. What Is Fiction?: Gregory Currie. 20. Fiction and Nonfiction: Kendall Walton. 21. Fictional Characters as Abstract Artifacts: Amie Thomasson. 22. Logic and Criticism: Peter Lamarque. Part V: Emotion:. Introduction. 23. Applicant: Harold Pinter. 24. How Can We Be Moved by the Fate of Anna Karenina?: Colin Radford. 25. Fearing Fictionally: Kendall Walton. 26. The Pleasures of Tragedy: Susan Feagin. 27. Tragedy and the Community of Sentiment: Flint Schier. Part VI: Metaphor:. Introduction. 28. Essay on What I Think about Most: Anne Carson. 29. Metaphor: Max Black. 30. What Metaphors Mean: Donald Davidson. 31. Metaphor and Feeling: Ted Cohen. 32. Metaphor and Prop Oriented Make-Believe: Kendall Walton. Part VII: Interpretation:. Introduction. 33. Who Is Responsible in Ethical Criticism, And for What?: Wayne C. Booth. 34. Criticism as Retrieval: Richard Wollheim. 35. The Postulated Author: Critical Monism as a Regulative Ideal: Alexander Nehamas. 36. Art Interpretation: Robert Stecker. 37. Art, Intention, and Conversation: Noël Carroll. 38. Intention and Interpretation: Jerrold Levinson. 39. Style and Personality in the Literary Work: Jenefer Robinson. Part VIII: Literary Values:. Introduction. 40. Xingu: Edith Wharton. 41. On the Cognitive Triviality of Art: Jerome Stolnitz. 42. Literature and Knowledge: Catherine Wilson. 43. Finely Aware and Richly Responsible: Martha Nussbaum. 44. Literature, Truth, and Philosophy: Peter Lamarque and Stein Haugom Olsen. 45. The Ethical Criticism of Art: Berys Gaut. Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Premodern Places
Book SynopsisThis book recovers places appearing in the mental mapping of medieval and Renaissance writers, from Chaucer to Aphra Behn. A highly original work, which recovers the places that figure powerfully in premodern imagining. Recreates places that appear in the works of Langland, Chaucer, Dante, Petrarch, Spenser, Shakespeare, Aphra Behn, and many others. Begins with Calais peopled by the English from 1347 to 1558 and ends with Surinam traded for Manhattan by the English in 1667. Other particular locations discussed include Flanders, Somerset, Genoa, and the Fortunate Islands (Canary Islands). Includes fascinating anecdotes, such as the story of an English merchant learning love songs in Calais. Provides insights into major historical narratives, such as race and slavery in Renaissance Europe. Crosses the traditional divide between the mediTrade Review“David Wallace’s knowledge of European medieval literature is unequalled. His book is a cornucopia of illuminating details, insights and connections that are simply not to be found anywhere else.” Terry Jones “My Cinderella prize for the year’s most underrated book goes to David Wallace, whose Premodern Places mixes romance and bizarrerie in a study of medieval and Renaissance ideas about geography and locality.” Jonathan Keates, The Spectator 'Book of the Year' feature, 2004 “This is one of the sharpest and most imaginative books of literary criticism I've read in many years.” Peter Hulme, University of Essex “Offering illuminating genealogies for a range of authors and literary texts, Premodern Places radically questions many assumptions about historical as well as geographic boundaries. … this book asks both premodernists and postcolonialists to rethink their disciplines and make urgent connections across space and time.” Ania Loomba, University of Pennsylvania “… a most brilliant representative of Postcolonial Medieval Studies.” José Rabasa, University of California Table of ContentsList of illustrations. Introduction. 1. At Calais Gate. 2. In Flaunders. 3. Dante in Somerset. 4. Genoa. 5. Canaries (The Fortunate Islands). 6. Surinam. Acknowledgments. Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd How to Do Theory
Book Synopsis* An introduction to modern theories of literature and the arts. * Represents a wide variety of theories, including phenomenological theory, hermeneutical theory, gestalt theory, reception theory, semiotic theory, Marxist theory, deconstruction, anthropological theory, and feminist theory.Table of ContentsPreface. 1. Introduction. Why Theory?. Hard Core and Soft Theory. Modes of Theory. Theory and Method. 2. Phenomenological Theory: Ingarden. The Layered Structure of the Work. Method derived from Theory. An Example. 3. Hermeneutical Theory: Gadamer.. Understanding. Method derived from Theory. An Example. 4. Gestalt Theory: Gombrich.. Schema and Correction. An Example. 5. Reception Theory: Iser.. Reaction to a State of Criticism. Interface between Text/Context and Text/Reader. 6. Semiotic Theory: Eco.. The Iconic Sign. The Aesthetic Idiolect. An Example. 7. Psychoanalytical Theory: Ehrenzweig. The Creative Process. An Example. An Afterthought-Spectacular Imaginig: Lacan. 8. Marxist Theory: Williams.. Reflectionist Theory. Production. Examples. 9. Deconstruction: Miller.. Deconstruction at Work. Deconstruction Exemplified. 10. Anthropological Theory: Gans.. Basics of Generative Anthropology. An Anthropological View of Literature. 11. Dewey's Art as Experience. Aesthetic Experience. Circularity. An Example. 12. Showalter's “Towards a Feminist Poetics”. Women as Readers. Women as Writers. Revisions and Additions. 13. Theory in Perspective. An Intellectual Landscape. The Fabric of Theory. What does the Multiplicity of Theories tell us?. 14. Postscript-Postcolonial Discourse: Said. Basic Features of Discourse. Startegies of Postcolonial Discourse. The Novel as Imperial Discourse. Modes of Resistance. The Order of Postcolonial Discourse. Appendix A John Keats Ode on a Grecian Urn. Appendix B Edmund Spenser “Februarie: Aegloga Secunda” from The Shepheardes Calender. Appendix C T.S. Eliot “The Fire Sermon” from The Waste Land. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Philosophy of Literature
Book SynopsisBy exploring central issues in the philosophy of literature, illustrated by a wide range of novels, poems, and plays, Philosophy of Literature gets to the heart of why literature matters to us and sheds new light on the nature and interpretation of literary works. Provides a comprehensive study, along with original insights, into the philosophy of literature Develops a unique point of view - from one of the field''s leading exponents Offers examples of key issues using excerpts from well-known novels, poems, and plays from different historical periods Trade Review"The image Lamarque offers is an extremely attractive one, and it reminds us of why this is such an exciting and important field. The Philosophy of Literature is a smart, original, and erudite book, and it deserves to be widely read. Philosophers of literature will not be able to live without it." (John Gibson, Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, vol 68, 2010) "Peter Lamarque's splendid and informative book, The Philosophy of Literature ... is brimful with insights into the nature of literature, and into the debates between philosophers interested in literature, and I cannot imagine anyone failing to learn from it." (Simon Blackburn, British Journal of Aesthetics, Vol. 50, 2010) "[Lamarque] is always admirably clear and the rich use of literary sources in this work to illustrate the philosophical arguments also makes the book generally compelling reading. From this viewpoint, the work deserves a wide readership and may be highly recommended not just to others working at the cutting edge in this field, but also to students at all levels of university study and research and to the general educated reader." (David Carr, Analysis Reviews Vol 69, Number 3, July 2009) "In its entirety, Lamarque’s book is a comprehensive study which is admirably sensitive to literary art. His philosophical analyses and the clarifying interplay between the philosophy of literature and literary criticism have significance not only to philosophers but literary critics, too. Beyond this, Lamarque has the gift of treating complicated and subtle philosophical theories in a lucid and intelligible way… [B]esides introducing the central issues in the philosophy of literature the book also gives an extensive historical survey on the topics, which will make it very useful for teaching. Philosophy of Literature is a work which advances strong theses and simultaneously pays respect to opposing views. Whether or not the reader agrees with the main conclusions of the work, Lamarque’s lucid arguments are nourishment for the brain." (Philosophy & Literature, vol 33, 2009) "Lamarque presents a thoughtfully measured approach to a potentially overwhelming topic." (CHOICE, March 2009) "Appropriately for a book that presents itself as an introduction to the field, Lamarque gives a historical overview of various sub-topics in the philosophy of literature as well as supplementary readings for each chapter." (Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, March 2009) "An excellent introduction to the philosophy of literature or as an additional text for aesthetics or literature modules." (Times Higher Education Supplement)Table of ContentsTable of Contents. Preface. Acknowledgments. 1 Art. 2 Literature. 3 Authors. 4 Practice. 5 Fiction. 6 Truth. 7 Value. Bibliography of works cited.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Future of Environmental Criticism
Book SynopsisWritten by one of the world's leading theorists in ecocriticism, this manifesto provides a critical summary of the ecocritical movement. A critical summary of the emerging discipline of ecocriticism. Written by one of the world's leading theorists in ecocriticism. Traces the history of the ecocritical movement from its roots in the 1970s through to its diversification and proliferation today. Takes account of different ecocritical positions and directions. Describes major tensions within ecocriticism and addresses major criticisms of the movement. Looks to the future of ecocriticism, proposing that discourses of the environment should become a permanent part of literary and cultural studies. Trade Review"Where did ecocriticism spring from? What directions has it taken on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond? What have been its key debates? What are its most radical strands that should take environmentally aware literary criticism into the future? Economically and elegantly, Lawrence Buell develops an astutely judged overview of a richly diverse but crucially important movement in literary studies. A leading practitioner in the field, Buell reveals how his own work has been influenced by the key debates and identifies the challenges for us all, writers and readers, local neighbours and global species, in facing the future our literary culture mediates and influences." Terry Gifford, author of Pastoral (1999) and The Unreliable Mushrooms (poetry, 2003). "A much needed overview of a vital new field, The Future of Environmental Criticism captures the ecocritical movement’s present state of dynamic metamorphosis as it opens into post-humanism and ecofeminism, engages poststructural theory and environmental justice, and tests out alliances with various scientific fields and critical science studies in an increasingly international context. Nobody could accomplish this task better than Lawrence Buell, whose earlier books The Environmental Imagination and Writing for an Endangered World have become defining works for the environmental turn in literary scholarship. The previous works were primarily American in focus, while the new one begins in an Anglo-American context and broadens to a global literary scope. This latest volume completes an indispensable trilogy." Louise Westling, University of Oregon “Buell (Harvard) is one of the US’s major voices on environmental criticism-.-a fairly recent area of literary and cultural studies known as “ecocriticism.” Several recent works have offered suggestions about how this movement or approach can be defined, but none addresses the subject so broadly, so authoritatively, and in such precise and carefully considered terms as this one does- Buell helped establish the terms for humanistic environmental writing with The Environmental Imagination (CR, Sep’95, 33-0121) and Writing for an Endangered World (CH, Nov01., 39-1386), and he perceives the present study as a “roadmap of trends, emphases, and controversies within green literary studies more generally.’ Comprising five brief chapters, all accessible and extraordinarily well informed, the book starts with a history of environmental criticism and writing; moves to a consideration of the relevant major writers involved in complicating its issues; considers its impact in terms of ethics and gender and of the judiciary and politics; and finally looks at its future, The glossary, full notes, and extended bibliography make it clear that the book’s main thrust is definitional, though Buell sees the study as more ‘essayistic” than definitive, Summing Up: Essential: All academic libraries.” T. Loe, SUNY Oswego “Buell’s survey, framed by chapters about the emergence and possible future development of ecocriticism, organizes its material through a focus on issues of literary realism and representation in their relation to nature (chapter 2); the central role of place, space, and imagination for ecocritical thought (chapter 3); and a discussion of politics and ethics in ecocriticism that ranges from deep ecology to ecofeminism and environmental justice (chapter 4). These broad but well chosen categories allow Buell to cover an enormous range of creative and theoretical material that he discusses with the encompassing mastery and insight that readers of his two earlier works on ecocriticism … have come to expect.” Contemporary Literature "This is an important beginning that shows how the future of the book lies in the past." Travis V. Mason, Canadian Literature 191 “An extremely methodical, accessible, and timely introduction to the field of environmental criticism for specialists and non-specialists alike, a teasing insight into ecocriticism at work, and an excellent exposition of the development and evolution of the discipline in its most recent manifestations.” Ruth Glynn, University of Bristol, Modern Language ReviewTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments. 1 The Emergence of Environmental Criticism. 2 The World, the Text, and the Ecocritic. 3 Space, Place, and Imagination from Local to Global. 4 The Ethics and Politics of Environmental Criticism. 5 Environmental Criticism’s Future. Glossary of Selected Terms. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to the Philosophy of Literature
Book SynopsisThis volume in the Blackwell Companions to Philosophy series focuses on the main themes and topics in the philosophy of literature. It is composed of all newly commissioned essays, written by the top scholars in the field. Note: I received a lot of advice on this project over several iterations.Trade Review"Recommended. Library collections supporting upper-level undergraduates through faculty/researchers." (Choice, 1 March 2011) "It can be firmly recommended for the library of any university or college that has courses in either literature or philosophy". (Reference Reviews, 1 December 2010)Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors viii Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1Garry L. Hagberg and Walter Jost Part I Relations between Philosophy and Literature 5 1 Philosophy as Literature and More than Literature 7Richard Shusterman 2 Philosophy and Literature: Friends of the Earth? 22Roger A. Shiner 3 Philosophy and Literature – and Rhetoric: Adventures in Polytopia 38Walter Jost 4 Philosophy and/as/of Literature 52Arthur C. Danto Part II Emotional Engagement and the Experience of Reading 69 5 Emotion and the Understanding of Narrative 71Jenefer Robinson 6 Feeling Fictions 93Roger Scruton 7 The Experience of Reading 106Peter Kivy 8 Self-Defining Reading: Literature and the Constitution of Personhood 120Garry L. Hagberg Part III Philosophy, Tragedy, and Literary Form 159 9 Tragedy and Philosophy 161Anthony J. Cascardi 10 Iago’s Elenchus: Shakespeare, Othello, and the Platonic Inheritance 174M. W. Rowe 11 Catharsis 193Jonathan Lear 12 Passion, Counter-Passion, Catharsis: Flaubert (and Beckett) on Feeling Nothing 218Joshua Landy Part IV Literature and the Moral Life 239 13 Perceptive Equilibrium: Literary Theory and Ethical Theory 241Martha C. Nussbaum 14 Henry James, Moral Philosophers, Moralism 268Cora Diamond 15 Literature and the Idea of Morality 285Eileen John 16 Styles of Self-Absorption 300Daniel Brudney Part V Narrative and the Question of Literary Truth 329 17 Narration, Imitation, and Point of View 331Gregory Currie 18 How and What We Can Learn from Fiction 350Mitchell Green 19 Literature and Truth 367Peter Lamarque 20 Truth in Poetry: Particulars and Universals 385Richard Eldridge Part VI Intention and Biography in Criticism 399 21 Authorial Intention and the Varieties of Intentionalism 401Paisley Livingston 22 Art as Techne, or, The Intentional Fallacy and the Unfinished Project of Formalism 420Henry Staten 23 Biography in Literary Criticism 436Stein Haugom Olsen 24 Getting Inside Heisenberg’s Head 453Ray Monk Part VII On Literary Language 465 25 Wittgenstein and Literary Language 467Jon Cook and Rupert Read 26 Exemplification and Expression 491Charles Altieri 27 At Play in the Fields of Metaphor 507Ted Cohen 28 Macbeth Appalled 521Stanley Cavell Index 541
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Rhetoric and Rhetorical Criticism
Book SynopsisA Companion to Rhetoric offers the first major survey in two decades of the field of rhetorical studies and of the practice of rhetorical theory and criticism across a range of disciplines. * Assesses rhetoric's place in the larger intellectual universe.Trade Review"Walter Jost and Wendy Olmsted have produced a remarkable volume that serves equally well as an introduction to rhetorical studies and as a reference work for specialists. The range of the essays and the credentials of the contributors mark the book as important, but its most notable feature is the conception and development of a general work on rhetoric that remains connected with specific texts, historical contexts, and material circumstances ... The result is a volume impressive in its parts and invaluable in its totality – a must read." Michael C. Leff, Northwestern UniversityTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors x Introduction xv Acknowledgments xvii PART I Rhetoric in Its Place and Time 1 1 Introduction: Contingency and Probability 5Dilip Parmeshwar Gaonkar 2 The Politics of Deliberation: Oratory and Democracy in Classical Athens 22David Cohen 3 Text and Context in the Roman Forum: The Case of Cicero’s First Catilinarian 38B. A. Krostenko 4 A Conversational Opener: The Rhetorical Paradigm of John 1:1 58Marjorie O’Rourke Boyle 5 Continental Poetics 80Arthur F. Kinney 6 ‘‘His tail at commandment’’: George Puttenham and the Carnivalization of Rhetoric 96Wayne A. Rebhorn 7 Rhetorical Selfhood in Erasmus and Milton 112Thomas O. Sloane 8 Rhetoric, Rights, and Contract Theory in the Early Modern Period 128Victoria Kahn 9 The Philosophy of Rhetoric in Campbell’s Philosophy of Rhetoric 141Joel C. Weinsheimer 10 The Rhetorical Legacy of Kenneth Burke 152Herbert W. Simons PART II Rhetoric’s Favorite Places 169 11 Topics (and deliberation): Exemplifying Deliberation: Cicero’s De Officiis and Machiavelli’s Prince 173Wendy Olmsted 12 Deliberation (and topics): Cultivating Deliberating: Mindfully Resourceful Innovation In and Through the Federalist Papers 190David J. Smigelskis 13 Ethos: Socrates Talks Himself Out of His Body: Ethical Argument and Personal Immortality in the Phaedo 206Eugene Garver 14 Pathos: Rhetoric and Emotion 221James L. Kasteley 15 Analogies, Parables, Paradoxes: Get On Down: Plato’s Rhetoric of Education in the Republic 238Kathy Eden 16 Style: The Rhetoric of the Aphorism 248Gary Saul Morson 17 Argumentation: What Jokes Can Tell Us About Arguments 266Thomas Conley 18 Commonplaces: Sensus Communis 278John D. Schaeffer 19 Judgment: Arts of Persuasion and Judgment: Rhetoric and Aesthetics 294Anthony J. Cascardi PART III Rhetoric and Its Critics 309 20 Epiphany and Epideictic: The Low Modernist Lyric in Robert Frost 311Walter Jost 21 Lolita: Solipsized or Sodomized?; or, Against Abstraction – in General 325Peter J. Rabinowitz 22 Narrative as Rhetoric and Edith Wharton’s Roman Fever: Progression, Configuration, and the Ethics of Surprise 340James Phelan 23 ‘‘Mind the Gap’’: W. G. Sebald and the Rhetoric of Unrest 355Adam Zachary Newton 24 Rhetoric in the Wilderness: The Deep Rhetoric of the Late Twentieth Century 372James Crosswhite PART IV All in Good Time – and Timing 389 25 Aristotle’s Rhetoric and Bakhtin’s Discourse Theory 393Don Bialostosky 26 Reviving the Rhetorical Heritage of Protestant Theology 409Stephen H. Webb 27 Rhetoric: Time, Memory, Memoir 425Nancy S. Struever 28 Rhetoric in the Law 442Robert P. Burns 29 Rhetorical Hermeneutics Still Again: or, On the Track of Phronèsis 457Steven Mailloux 30 Rhetoric and Poetics: How to Use the Inevitable Return of the Repressed 473Charles Altieri 31 My Life with Rhetoric: From Neglect to Obsession 494Wayne C. Booth Index 505
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Premodern Places
Book SynopsisThis book recovers places appearing in the mental mapping of medieval and Renaissance writers, from Chaucer to Aphra Behn. A highly original work, which recovers the places that figure powerfully in premodern imagining. Recreates places that appear in the works of Langland, Chaucer, Dante, Petrarch, Spenser, Shakespeare, Aphra Behn, and many others. Begins with Calais peopled by the English from 1347 to 1558 and ends with Surinam traded for Manhattan by the English in 1667. Other particular locations discussed include Flanders, Somerset, Genoa, and the Fortunate Islands (Canary Islands). Includes fascinating anecdotes, such as the story of an English merchant learning love songs in Calais. Provides insights into major historical narratives, such as race and slavery in Renaissance Europe. Crosses the traditional divide between the mediTrade Review“David Wallace’s knowledge of European medieval literature is unequalled. His book is a cornucopia of illuminating details, insights and connections that are simply not to be found anywhere else.” Terry Jones “My Cinderella prize for the year’s most underrated book goes to David Wallace, whose Premodern Places mixes romance and bizarrerie in a study of medieval and Renaissance ideas about geography and locality.” Jonathan Keates, The Spectator 'Book of the Year' feature, 2004 “This is one of the sharpest and most imaginative books of literary criticism I've read in many years.” Peter Hulme, University of Essex “Offering illuminating genealogies for a range of authors and literary texts, Premodern Places radically questions many assumptions about historical as well as geographic boundaries. … this book asks both premodernists and postcolonialists to rethink their disciplines and make urgent connections across space and time.” Ania Loomba, University of Pennsylvania “… a most brilliant representative of Postcolonial Medieval Studies.” José Rabasa, University of California Table of ContentsList of illustrations. Introduction. 1. At Calais Gate. 2. In Flaunders. 3. Dante in Somerset. 4. Genoa. 5. Canaries (The Fortunate Islands). 6. Surinam. Acknowledgments. Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Modern Literary Theory and Ancient Texts
Book SynopsisThis book provides students and scholars of classical literature with a practical guide to modern literary theory and criticism. Using a clear and concise approach, it navigates readers through various theoretical approaches, including Russian Formalism, structuralism, deconstruction, gender studies, and New Historicism. Applies theoretical approaches to examples from ancient literature Extensive bibliographies and index make it a valuable resource for scholars in the field Trade Review"A major aspect of this book is Schmitz's refreshing modesty and candour." (Journal of the Classical Association of Canada, Winter 2009) “…a clear and engaging introduction to some of the most important areas of modern literary theorizing. What sets this apart from a simple introduction, however, is the way that the general theoretical position outlined in each chapter is keyed into the context of modern classical studies…a useful book and one that can be strongly recommended to undergraduates and even intrepid sixth-formers…” (Greece and Rome, Vol 55 No. 2 2008) “Brief description of theoretical approaches …[in] frank manner of discourse … Schmitz tries to help students understand the concepts he explains.” (Bryn Mawr Classical Review) "As a reference guide, a bibliographical resource and an engaging read, this book should prove an asset to many." (Journal of Classics Teaching) “Schmitz is clearly an intelligent reader and advocate of theory. It is a solid piece of work which will, I hope, serve as a starting point for acquainting many classicists with the questions and challenges theory has to offer. The field as a whole will only benefit from Schmitz's contribution.” (New England Classical Journal)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Acknowledgments for the English Translation x Introduction 1 What Is, and To What End Do We Study, Literary Theory? 1 Literary Theory and Classics 4 Objections Raised against Literary Theory 6 How to Use This Book 11 Introductions to Literary Theory 13 1 Russian Formalism 17 The Question of Literariness 19 Roman Jakobson’s Model of Linguistic Communication 21 Poetic Language as Defamiliarization 23 Further Reading 25 2 Structuralism 26 The Founder of Structuralism: Ferdinand de Saussure 27 Saussure’s Definition of the Linguistic Sign 29 The Meaning of Differences 30 Structuralism and Subject 33 Structural Anthropology 34 Is Structuralist Interpretation Possible? 38 Structuralist Definitions of Literary Genres 40 Further Reading 42 3 Narratology 43 Vladimir Propp’s Analysis of the Folk Tale 44 Greimas’s Actantial Theory of Narrative 47 Roland Barthes and the Study of Narrative Texts 50 Structuralist Plot-Analysis: Gerard Genette 55 Irene de Jong’s Narratological Analysis of the Homeric Epics 60 Further Reading 62 4 Mikhail Bakhtin 63 Bakhtin’s Life and the Problem of His Writings 64 Dialogism and the Novel 66 The Carnivalization of Literature 69 Menippean Satire and Ancient Carnivalesque Literature 71 Further Reading 76 5 Intertextuality 77 Leading the Way: Julia Kristeva 77 Further Developments of Intertextuality 78 Gerard Genette’s Model of Hypertextuality 80 Intertextuality in Virgil 83 Further Reading 85 6 Reader-Response Criticism 86 Empirical Reception Studies 87 Aesthetics of Reception 88 American Reader-Response Criticism 91 Wheeler’s Analysis of Ovid’s Metamorphoses 94 Further Reading 96 7 Orality – Literacy 98 Oral Cultures: The Theses of Goody and Watt 99 What Does “Orality”Mean? 102 Oral Poetry 104 The Homeric Epics as a Test Case 106 Further Reading 111 8 Deconstruction 113 The Foundations: Derrida’s Criticism of Logocentrism 114 Deconstruction in America 120 Objections to Deconstruction 122 The Role of the Author 124 Stanley Fish’s Model of “Interpretive Communities” 127 The Responsibility of the Interpreter 130 Deconstruction’s Merits and Demerits 136 Deconstruction in Antiquity? Socrates und Protagoras 137 Further Reading 139 9 Michel Foucault and Discourse Analysis 140 The Power of Discourse 141 Objections to Foucault’s Analysis of Discourse 145 Foucault and Antiquity 149 The Debate about Foucault’s Interpretation of Ancient Sexuality 153 Further Reading 157 10 New Historicism 159 New Historicism and Deconstruction 160 New Historicism and Michel Foucault 165 Objections to New Historicism 167 New Historicism and Antiquity 172 Further Reading 174 11 Feminist Approaches/Gender Studies 176 The Feminist Movement and Definitions of “Woman” 176 Feminism in Literary Criticism 178 French Feminism 180 Pragmatic Feminism in Literary Criticism 182 From Images of Women to Gender Studies 187 Queer Theory 189 Gender Studies and Attic Drama 191 Further Reading 193 12 Psychoanalytic Approaches 195 Interpreting Dreams, Interpreting Literature 197 Three Attempts at Psychoanalytic Interpretation 200 Language and the Unconscious: Jacques Lacan 202 Further Reading 204 Conclusions? 205 Whither Now? 207 Additional Notes 209 References and Bibliography 215 Index 233
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Modern Literary Theory and Ancient Texts
Book SynopsisThis book provides students and scholars of classical literature with a practical guide to modern literary theory and criticism. Using a clear and concise approach, it navigates readers through various theoretical approaches, including Russian Formalism, structuralism, deconstruction, gender studies, and New Historicism. Applies theoretical approaches to examples from ancient literature Extensive bibliographies and index make it a valuable resource for scholars in the field Trade Review"A major aspect of this book is Schmitz's refreshing modesty and candour." (Journal of the Classical Association of Canada, Winter 2009) “…a clear and engaging introduction to some of the most important areas of modern literary theorizing. What sets this apart from a simple introduction, however, is the way that the general theoretical position outlined in each chapter is keyed into the context of modern classical studies…a useful book and one that can be strongly recommended to undergraduates and even intrepid sixth-formers…” (Greece and Rome, Vol 55 No. 2 2008) “Brief description of theoretical approaches …[in] frank manner of discourse … Schmitz tries to help students understand the concepts he explains.” (Bryn Mawr Classical Review) "As a reference guide, a bibliographical resource and an engaging read, this book should prove an asset to many." (Journal of Classics Teaching) “Schmitz is clearly an intelligent reader and advocate of theory. It is a solid piece of work which will, I hope, serve as a starting point for acquainting many classicists with the questions and challenges theory has to offer. The field as a whole will only benefit from Schmitz's contribution.” (New England Classical Journal)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Acknowledgments for the English Translation x Introduction 1 What Is, and To What End Do We Study, Literary Theory? 1 Literary Theory and Classics 4 Objections Raised against Literary Theory 6 How to Use This Book 11 Introductions to Literary Theory 13 1 Russian Formalism 17 The Question of Literariness 19 Roman Jakobson’s Model of Linguistic Communication 21 Poetic Language as Defamiliarization 23 Further Reading 25 2 Structuralism 26 The Founder of Structuralism: Ferdinand de Saussure 27 Saussure’s Definition of the Linguistic Sign 29 The Meaning of Differences 30 Structuralism and Subject 33 Structural Anthropology 34 Is Structuralist Interpretation Possible? 38 Structuralist Definitions of Literary Genres 40 Further Reading 42 3 Narratology 43 Vladimir Propp’s Analysis of the Folk Tale 44 Greimas’s Actantial Theory of Narrative 47 Roland Barthes and the Study of Narrative Texts 50 Structuralist Plot-Analysis: Gerard Genette 55 Irene de Jong’s Narratological Analysis of the Homeric Epics 60 Further Reading 62 4 Mikhail Bakhtin 63 Bakhtin’s Life and the Problem of His Writings 64 Dialogism and the Novel 66 The Carnivalization of Literature 69 Menippean Satire and Ancient Carnivalesque Literature 71 Further Reading 76 5 Intertextuality 77 Leading the Way: Julia Kristeva 77 Further Developments of Intertextuality 78 Gerard Genette’s Model of Hypertextuality 80 Intertextuality in Virgil 83 Further Reading 85 6 Reader-Response Criticism 86 Empirical Reception Studies 87 Aesthetics of Reception 88 American Reader-Response Criticism 91 Wheeler’s Analysis of Ovid’s Metamorphoses 94 Further Reading 96 7 Orality – Literacy 98 Oral Cultures: The Theses of Goody and Watt 99 What Does “Orality”Mean? 102 Oral Poetry 104 The Homeric Epics as a Test Case 106 Further Reading 111 8 Deconstruction 113 The Foundations: Derrida’s Criticism of Logocentrism 114 Deconstruction in America 120 Objections to Deconstruction 122 The Role of the Author 124 Stanley Fish’s Model of “Interpretive Communities” 127 The Responsibility of the Interpreter 130 Deconstruction’s Merits and Demerits 136 Deconstruction in Antiquity? Socrates und Protagoras 137 Further Reading 139 9 Michel Foucault and Discourse Analysis 140 The Power of Discourse 141 Objections to Foucault’s Analysis of Discourse 145 Foucault and Antiquity 149 The Debate about Foucault’s Interpretation of Ancient Sexuality 153 Further Reading 157 10 New Historicism 159 New Historicism and Deconstruction 160 New Historicism and Michel Foucault 165 Objections to New Historicism 167 New Historicism and Antiquity 172 Further Reading 174 11 Feminist Approaches/Gender Studies 176 The Feminist Movement and Definitions of “Woman” 176 Feminism in Literary Criticism 178 French Feminism 180 Pragmatic Feminism in Literary Criticism 182 From Images of Women to Gender Studies 187 Queer Theory 189 Gender Studies and Attic Drama 191 Further Reading 193 12 Psychoanalytic Approaches 195 Interpreting Dreams, Interpreting Literature 197 Three Attempts at Psychoanalytic Interpretation 200 Language and the Unconscious: Jacques Lacan 202 Further Reading 204 Conclusions? 205 Whither Now? 207 Additional Notes 209 References and Bibliography 215 Index 233
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Digital Humanities
Book SynopsisThis Companion offers a thorough, concise overview of the emerging field of humanities computing. * Contains 37 original articles written by leaders in the field. * Addresses the central concerns shared by those interested in the subject.Trade Review“Offers the best general introduction to this amorphous field.” Literary Research Guide “The book represents a turning point for the Digital Humanities by bringing together a wide range of expertise from both theorists and practitioners and demonstrating that this can be considered a field in its own right … As an overview of a diverse field, [it] provides a detailed, useful introduction to how computational technologies have and may be appropriated, utilised and even innovated by humanities scholars.” The Classical ReviewTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors viii Foreword: Perspectives on the Digital Humanities xviRoberto A. Busa The Digital Humanities and Humanities Computing: An Introduction xxiiiSusan Schreibman, Ray Siemens, and John Unsworth PART I History 1 The History of Humanities Computing 3Susan Hockey 2 Computing for Archaeologists 20Harrison Eiteljorg, II 3 Art History 31Michael Greenhalgh 4 Classics and the Computer: An End of the History 46Greg Crane 5 Computing and the Historical Imagination 56William G. Thomas, III 6 Lexicography 69Russon Wooldridge 7 Linguistics Meets Exact Sciences 79Jan Hajič 8 Literary Studies 88Thomas Rommel 9 Music 97Ichiro Fujinaga and Susan Forscher Weiss 10 Multimedia 108Geoffrey Rockwell and Andrew Mactavish 11 Performing Arts 121David Z. Saltz 12 ‘‘Revolution? What Revolution?’’ Successes and Limits of Computing Technologies in Philosophy and Religion 132Charles Ess PART II Principles 13 How the Computer Works 145Andrea Laue 14 Classification and its Structures 161C. M. Sperberg-McQueen 15 Databases 177Stephen Ramsay 16 Marking Texts of Many Dimensions 198Jerome McGann 17 Text Encoding 218Allen H. Renear 18 Electronic Texts: Audiences and Purposes 240Perry Willett 19 Modeling: A Study in Words and Meanings 254Willard McCarty PART III Applications 20 Stylistic Analysis and Authorship Studies 273Hugh Craig 21 Preparation and Analysis of Linguistic Corpora 289Nancy Ide 22 Electronic Scholarly Editing 306Martha Nell Smith 23 Textual Analysis 323John Burrows 24 Thematic Research Collections 348Carole L. Palmer 25 Print Scholarship and Digital Resources 366Claire Warwick 26 Digital Media and the Analysis of Film 383Robert Kolker 27 Cognitive Stylistics and the Literary Imagination 397Ian Lancashire 28 Multivariant Narratives 415Marie-Laure Ryan 29 Speculative Computing: Aesthetic Provocations in Humanities Computing 431Johanna Drucker (and Bethany Nowviskie) 30 Robotic Poetics 448William Winder PART IV Production, Dissemination, Archiving 31 Designing Sustainable Projects and Publications 471Daniel V. Pitti 32 Conversion of Primary Sources 488Marilyn Deegan and Simon Tanner 33 Text Tools 505John Bradley 34 ‘‘So the Colors Cover the Wires’’: Interface, Aesthetics, and Usability 523Matthew G. Kirschenbaum 35 Intermediation and its Malcontents: Validating Professionalism in the Age of Raw Dissemination 543Michael Jensen 36 The Past, Present, and Future of Digital Libraries 557Howard Besser 37 Preservation 576Abby Smith Index 592
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Literary Theory Toolkit
Book SynopsisThe Literary Theory Toolkit offers readers a rich compendium of key terms, concepts, and arguments necessary for the study of literature in a critical-theoretical context. Includes varied examples drawn from readily available literary texts spanning all periods and genres Features a chapter on performance, something not usually covered in similar texts Covers differing theories of the public sphere, ideology, power, and the social relations necessary for the understanding of approaches to literature Trade Review"Rapaport (Wake Forest Univ.) calls this clearly written book "a compendium of major issues and developments in literary criticism and theory" and "a companion to major issues in literary criticism and theory that can be read linearly in terms of units or areas. . . Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above." (Choice, 1 October 2011) "This is not simply a masterful and lucid introduction to literary theory, but one that explains entertainingly and rigorously how "theory," as it has emerged from a range of disciplines, is relevant to literary study. In the best tradition of the critical introduction, Rapoport's narrative and organization are provocatively original in their own right." —Eleanor Kauffman, University of California, Los Angeles "The Literary Theory Toolkit offers an excellent introduction to literary theory, but it is much more than this. Rapaport gives us an extraordinary toolbag for (in his own phrase) rummaging in. Alongside consistently lucid and perceptive accounts of different theorists, movements, concepts and arguments, there is an admirable focus on avant-garde writing and on performance art, as well as a constant concern with the social and political contexts of literary studies. One of the most probing, thought-provoking and original books of its kind, The Literary Theory Toolkit is at once idiosyncratic and authoritative, instructive and exhilarating." —Nicholas Royle, University of Sussex "The Literary Theory Toolkit offers students, researchers and teachers an extremely clear guide to the myriad complexities of recent literary theory set against a deep historical background. Herman Rapaport is exceptionally thorough and non-partisan. With precise yet economic detail he outlines the many different concepts that theorists have used to explain how texts work, giving careful attention to ways these ideas can work together or may clash; most important of all, he demonstrates how to use them in practice, starting with basic assumptions made explicit, and then proceeding step by step through examples of how these concepts can be shaped into sophisticated arguments and rewarding interpretations. Rapaport is an outstanding educator who never loses sight of his goal: to help students learn to reason about literary texts for themselves, and in doing so to be able to argue both with and against the theorists and theories. The book is full of highly readable worked examples of the interpretation of texts of all kinds, including the sort of texts that are often neglected in literary textbooks, the ones that are tricky to negotiate because opaque, avant-garde, or seeming to rely on extra-textual effects such as performance. This is an essential addition to that small number of guides and reference books that every student of literature will want to own." —Peter Middleton, University of Southampton "The Literary Theory Toolkit offers students, researchers and teachers an extremely clear guide to the myriad complexities of recent literary theory set against a deep historical background.... This is an essential addition to that small number of guides and reference books that every student of literature will want to own." —Peter Middleton, University of Southampton "In the quarter century since Terry Eagleton's landmark study, Literary Theory: An Introduction (Oxford: Blackwell, 1983), there have been dozens of books that aim at achieving a virtually encyclopedic chronicle of the various schools and methods of literary interpretation. Amidst this daunting array of thoughtful meditations on the myriad ways of characterizing the thing called 'literature,' Herman Rapaport's Literary Theory Toolkit presents a strikingly innovative perspective on theory and criticism that combines succinct and accessible accounts of the most significant approaches to the experience of literature with a unique and compelling orientation to both contemporary avant-garde experimental poetics and performance theory. This volume will establish itself as an indispensable resource for anyone interested in contemporary thinking about everything from Saussurean linguistics to Badiou's relation to Derrida to Meryl Streep's style of acting, from Milton's politics to the crisis of thinking about community after the Holocaust. Rapaport's TOOLKIT combines an original reflection on the theoretical act at large with a pedagogically useful and reliable synthesis of the enormous diversity of literary theories over the past century." —Ned Lukacher, University of Illinois at ChicagoTable of ContentsPreface Chapter 1: Introductory Tools for Literary Analysis 1.1. Basics 1.2. Common Critical Practices 1.3. Literary Language 1.4. Hermeneutics 1.5. Major 20th Century Schools of Critical Analysis 1.6. Socio-Political Analyses Chapter 2: Tools for Reading Narrative 2.1. Story and Plot: Fabula and Syuzhet 2.2. Order 2.3. Mimesis/Diegesis 2.4. Free Indirect Discourse 2.5. Interior Monologue 2.6. Diachronic and Synchronic 2.7. Intertextuality 2.8. Dialogism 2.9. Chronotope 2.10. Character Zone 2.11. Focalization 2.12. Narrative Codes Chapter 3: Tools for Reading Poetry 3.1. Tropes 3.2. Elision 3.3. Resemblance 3.4. Objective Correlative 3.5. Language Poetry 3.6. The New Sentence 3.7. Sound Poetry/Concrete Poetry 3.8. Prosody Chapter 4: Tools for Analyzing Performance 4.1. Performance Studies 4.2. Realist Theatre: Total Acting 4.3. Konstantin Stanislavski 4.4. Lee Strasberg (The Method), David Mamet (Practical Aesthetics), Mary Overlie (The Six Viewpoints Approach) 4.5. Epic Theatre 4.6. Theater of Cruelty 4.7. Actions 4.8. Play 4.9. Happenings 4.10. Performance Art 4.11. Guerrila Theatre Chapter 5: Tools for Reading Texts as Systems 5.1. Aristotle and Form 5.2. The Literary Work as Object of Rational Empiricism 5.3. Saussurean Linguistics 5.4. Levi-Strauss and Structuralism 5.5. Roman Jakobson’s Communication Model 5.6. Roland Barthes’ Hierarchical Structures 5.7. Ideality and Phenomenology of the Literary Object: Husserl and Derrida 5.8. Dissemination 5.9. Structure as Rhizome: Deleuze and Guattari 5.10. Permutation 5.11. Undecidability: Derrida, Gödel, Lacan 5.12. Simulating Systems: Baudrillard 5.13. Multiplicity: Badiou Chapter 6: Tools for Social Analysis 6.1. The Public Sphere 6.2. Ideology 6.3. Theories of Power 6.4. The Social Relation
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Literary Theory Toolkit
Book SynopsisThe Literary Theory Toolkit offers readers a rich compendium of key terms, concepts, and arguments necessary for the study of literature in a critical-theoretical context. Includes varied examples drawn from readily available literary texts spanning all periods and genres Features a chapter on performance, something not usually covered in similar texts Covers differing theories of the public sphere, ideology, power, and the social relations necessary for the understanding of approaches to literature Trade Review"Rapaport (Wake Forest Univ.) calls this clearly written book "a compendium of major issues and developments in literary criticism and theory" and "a companion to major issues in literary criticism and theory that can be read linearly in terms of units or areas. . . Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above." (Choice, 1 October 2011) "The methods are nicely illustrated in a diverse selection of example texts." (Book New, 1 August 2011) Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments. Chapter 1: Introductory Tools for Literary Analysis. 1.1. Basics of Literary Study. 1.2. Common Critical Practices. 1.3. Literary Language. 1.4. Hermeneutics. 1.5. Major 20th Century Schools of Critical Analysis. 1.6. Socio-Political Analyses. Chapter 2: Tools for Reading Narrative. 2.1. Story and Plot: Fabula and Syuzhet. 2.2. Order. 2.3. Mimesis/Diegesis. 2.4. Free Indirect Discourse. 2.5. Interior Monologue. 2.6. Diachronic and Synchronic. 2.7. Intertextuality. 2.8. Dialogism. 2.9. Chronotope. 2.10. Character Zone. 2.11. Focalization. 2.12. Narrative Codes. Chapter 3: Tools for Reading Poetry. 3.1. Tropes. 3.2. Elision. 3.3. Resemblance. 3.4. Objective Correlative. 3.5. Language Poetry. 3.6. The New Sentence. 3.7. Sound Poetry/Concrete Poetry. 3.8. Prosody. Chapter 4: Tools for Analyzing Performance. 4.1. Performance Studies. 4.2. Realist Theatre: Total Acting. 4.3. Konstantin Stanislavski. 4.4. Lee Strasberg (The Method), David Mamet (Practical Aesthetics), Mary Overlie (The Six Viewpoints Approach). 4.5. Epic Theatre. 4.6. Theater of Cruelty. 4.7. Actions. 4.8. Play. 4.9. Happenings. 4.10. Performance Art. 4.11. Guerrila Theatre. Chapter 5: Tools for Reading Texts as Systems. 5.1. Aristotle and Form. 5.2. The Literary Work as Object of Rational Empiricism. 5.3. Saussurean Linguistics. 5.4. Levi-Strauss and Structuralism. 5.5. Roman Jakobson’s Communication Model. 5.6. Roland Barthes’ Hierarchical Structures. 5.7. Ideality and Phenomenology of the Literary Object: Husserl and Derrida. 5.8. Dissemination. 5.9. Structure as Rhizome: Deleuze and Guattari. 5.10. Permutation. 5.11. Undecidability: Derrida, Gödel, Lacan. 5.12. Simulating Systems: Baudrillard. 5.13. Multiplicity: Badiou. Chapter 6: Tools for Social Analysis. 6.1. The Public Sphere. 6.2. Ideology. 6.3. Theories of Power. 6.4. The Social Relation. Index.
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