Literature and Event: Twenty-First Century Reformulations (Warwick Series in the Humanities)

Synopsis

If "event" is a proper name we reserve for monumental changes, crises, transitions and ruptures that are by their very nature unnameable or unthinkable, then this volume is an attempt to set up an encounter between such eventhood as it comes to have a bearing on literary works and the work of reading literature. As the event continues to provide a valuable analytical paradigm for work undertaken within the newer subdisciplines of literary and critical theory, including close reading, bio- politics, world literature, and eco- criticism, this volume makes a concerted effort to update the scholarship in this area and foreground the recent resurgence of interest in the concept. The book provides both a retrospective appraisal of the significance of events to literary studies and the literary humanities, as well as contemporary and prospective appraisals of the same, and thus would appeal scholars and instructors in the areas of literary theory, comparative literature and philosophical aesthetics alike. Along with a specialist focus on thinkers such as Derrida, Badiou, Deleuze and Malabou, the essays in this volume read a wide corpus of literature ranging from Han Kang, Homer, Renee Gladman, Proust and Flaubert to Yoruba ideophones, Browning, Anne Carson, Jenichiro Oyabe and Ben Lerner.

Copyright:

2022

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

336 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781000505580

Related ISBNs:

9781003171461, 9780367774547, 9781032157412

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

11/30/21

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Mantra Mukim and Derek Attridge

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Language Arts, Philosophy

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Mantra Mukim

Edited by:

Derek Attridge