Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xv, 456 Seiten)
ISBN:
9781108339339
Series Statement:
Cambridge critical concepts
Content:
This book considers how 'affect', the experience of feeling or emotion, has developed as a critical concept within literary studies in different periods and through a range of approaches. Stretching from the classical to the contemporary, the first section of the book, 'Origins', considers the importance of particular areas of philosophy, theory, and criticism that have been important for conceptualizing affect and its relation to literature. Includes ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, eighteenth-century aesthetics, Marxist theory, psychoanalysis, queer theory, and postcolonial theory. The chapters of the second section, 'Developments', correspond to those of the previous section and build on their insights through readings of particular texts. The final 'Applications' section is focused on contemporary and future lines of enquiry, and revolves around a particular set of concerns: media and communications, capitalism, and an environment of affective relations that extend to ecology, social crisis, and war
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-1-10842-451-6
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Literaturtheorie
;
Affekt
;
Affekt
;
Literatur
;
Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1017/9781108339339
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