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Book SynopsisThis book uses theories of affect (especially Silvan Tomkins's and Melanie Klein's) to offer new interpretations of the poetics of Edgar Allan Poe, Henry James, Gertrude Stein, and Andy Warhol. It analyzes the peculiar theatricality of the work of these artists in relation to technologies of graphic reproduction, especially television
Trade Review"This is an unusually original critical work, subtle in its appreciation of aesthetic and theoretical experimentation alike. It does what criticism should do: it exercises patience and practices openness, it amplifies the power of artistic and critical innovation, and it keeps faith with its reader." -- -Jonathan Elmer Indiana University "Paying attention is thus the hinge around which an affective poetics moves. Frank's assertion-that we can get close to that force of feeling, should we be attentive enough-beckons the reader to lean forward and listen." -- -Erin Wunker 452F "Subtle, lively, and conceptually rich, Transferential Poetics is innovative in both its critical insight and its design...This is a generous and inventive book and an important contribution to the fields of affect studies and modern poetics." -- -Julie Taylor Journal of American Studies 50.2
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Affect in the Scene of Writing Chapter 1 Thinking Confusion: On the Compositional Aspect of Affect Chapter 2 Expression and Theatricality, or Medium Poe Chapter 3 Maisie's Spasms: Transferential Poetics in Henry James and Wilfred Bion Chapter 4 Loose Coordinations: Theater and Thinking in Gertrude Stein Chapter 5 Vis-a-vis Television: Andy Warhol's Therapeutics Out and Across Notes Bibliography Index
