Literature, In Theory: Tropes, Subjectivities, Responses and Responsibilities
Autor Dr Julian Wolfreysen Limba Engleză Paperback – 22 feb 2010
Jacques
Derrida
has
argued about
the
difference
between
literature
and
theory
that
despite
its
institutional
status,
part
of
its
'institution'
is
the
right
of
literature
to
say
anything.
Literature
cannot
be
defined
as
such,
and
as
soon
as
one
seeks
to
produce
a
reading
of
the
literary,
complications
arise.
Yet despite its institutional significance, 'theory' remains something many wish would go away; and which, for others, is still not read, is misread, and remains to be read. Like literature, it remains as an enigmatic identity, resistant to definition, but subject to misperceptions and open to general statements that are more or less inaccurate.
By examining how 'theory' and 'literature' are concepts and names which touch on one other in complex ways,Julian Wolfreysseeks to understand their intersections and differences. Examining a wide range of authors, from Dickens to Joyce, and engaging directly with a number of major theorists, Wolfreys takes the reader on a journey through the issues and ideas involved in reading literature, in theory.
Yet despite its institutional significance, 'theory' remains something many wish would go away; and which, for others, is still not read, is misread, and remains to be read. Like literature, it remains as an enigmatic identity, resistant to definition, but subject to misperceptions and open to general statements that are more or less inaccurate.
By examining how 'theory' and 'literature' are concepts and names which touch on one other in complex ways,Julian Wolfreysseeks to understand their intersections and differences. Examining a wide range of authors, from Dickens to Joyce, and engaging directly with a number of major theorists, Wolfreys takes the reader on a journey through the issues and ideas involved in reading literature, in theory.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781441123244
ISBN-10: 1441123245
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Continuum
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1441123245
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Continuum
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Caracteristici
Offers
particular
readings
of
literary
texts
(from
Dickens
to
Joyce)
to
explicate
the
necessity
and
responsibilities
of
theory.
Cuprins
Acknowledgements
Foreword, in lieu of an introduction
1. Toward a Phenomenology of Urban Gothic: Dickens's Examples
2. Houses, Homes, Rooms and Tombs: The Unhomely Spaces and Monstrous Economies ofDombey and Son
3. In Visibility or, the Appearance of 'True Histories': Truth, Confession and Revelation in Anne Brontë
4. Contested Grounds: Historical, Epistemological and Political Identities in Victorian Literature
5. (Sub) Urbi et Orbi: The Little Worlds of London or, Fear, Whimsy, and Singularity
6. Professions: of English Diaspora?
7. No, Not, None, Nothing, Nobody: Place, Pattern, Death and Narratives of Negation in Dubliners
8. 'A self-referential density':Glyph, Fictions of Transgression and the 'Theory' Thing
9. 'Theory' and the novel (andthe novel?)
10. Ghosts: of Ourselves or, Drifting with Hardy and Heidegger
11. The reiterable circularity of Being: Poetics, Selfhood, and the Singular Witness that is 'I'
12. Teaching Derrida: 'but just a minute, before we begin, a preface of sorts (after the event), a defence, apologia, apologue...', and other responses in the face of (yet another) programmed avoidance of reading
13. 'The strong dead return': Harold Bloom's Daemonic Shades
14. Face to Face with Giorgio Agamben or, the other in love 15. Responsibilities ofJor, Aphorism's Other: Criticism's Transformation
Bibliography
Index
Foreword, in lieu of an introduction
1. Toward a Phenomenology of Urban Gothic: Dickens's Examples
2. Houses, Homes, Rooms and Tombs: The Unhomely Spaces and Monstrous Economies ofDombey and Son
3. In Visibility or, the Appearance of 'True Histories': Truth, Confession and Revelation in Anne Brontë
4. Contested Grounds: Historical, Epistemological and Political Identities in Victorian Literature
5. (Sub) Urbi et Orbi: The Little Worlds of London or, Fear, Whimsy, and Singularity
6. Professions: of English Diaspora?
7. No, Not, None, Nothing, Nobody: Place, Pattern, Death and Narratives of Negation in Dubliners
8. 'A self-referential density':Glyph, Fictions of Transgression and the 'Theory' Thing
9. 'Theory' and the novel (andthe novel?)
10. Ghosts: of Ourselves or, Drifting with Hardy and Heidegger
11. The reiterable circularity of Being: Poetics, Selfhood, and the Singular Witness that is 'I'
12. Teaching Derrida: 'but just a minute, before we begin, a preface of sorts (after the event), a defence, apologia, apologue...', and other responses in the face of (yet another) programmed avoidance of reading
13. 'The strong dead return': Harold Bloom's Daemonic Shades
14. Face to Face with Giorgio Agamben or, the other in love 15. Responsibilities ofJor, Aphorism's Other: Criticism's Transformation
Bibliography
Index
Recenzii
'Julian
Wolfreys
continue
to
impress,
as
one
of
the
finest
readers
--
and
teachers
--
of
literature
today,
with
this
new
book.
From
the
original
and
multi-layered
readings
of
novels
from
Dickens
and
Hardy
to
Ann
Brontë
and
Percival
Everett,
Wolfreys
moves
us
into
an
almost
visceral
recognition
of
the
changeable
and
interchangeable
natures
of
fiction
and
critical
theory.
The
pages
on
J
Hillis
Miller
are
a
virtual
tour
de
force
that
brings
the
four
topics
of
the
title
into
brilliant
focus.'
-
Juliet
Flower
MacCannell,
Professor
Emerita
of
English
and
Comparative
Literature,
University
of
California,
Irvine,
USA