Format:
xii, 224 Seiten
ISBN:
9781138675742
,
9781138675759
Content:
"Ways of Re-Thinking Literature creates a unique platform where leading literary thinkers and practitioners provide a multiplicity of views into what literature is today. The texts gathered in this extraordinary collection range from philosophy to poetry, to theatre, to cognitive sciences, to art criticism, fiction, and their authors rank amongst the most significant figures in their fields, in France, the United States and the United Kingdom. Topics covered include an assessment of the role of literary narratives in contemporary writing; new considerations on the novel; a redefinition of the "poetic" factor in poetry and life; and a discussion of how literature engages with contemporary forms of individuality. Under the auspices of literary luminaries Hélène Cixous and the late John Ashbery, these new pieces of writing bring to light contributions by innovative and well-established authors from the English-speaking sphere, as well as never-before-translated prominent new voices in French theory. Featuring original work from some of today's most influential authors, Ways of Re-Thinking Literature is an indispensable tool for anybody interested in the future and possibilities of literature as an endeavour for life, thought, and creativity. With special cover artwork by Rita Ackermann, the volume includes contributions from Emily Apter, Philippe Artières, John Ashbery, Paul Audi, Dodie Bellamy, Tom Bishop, Hélène Cixous, Laurent Dubreuil, Tristan Garcia, Donatien Grau, Stathis Gourgouris, Boris Groys, Shelley Jackson, Wayne Koestenbaum, Camille Laurens, Vanessa Place, Maël Renouard, Peter Schjeldahl, Adam Thirwell, and Camille de Toledo"--
Content:
The disappearing avant-garde / Tom Bishop -- The critical life : rethinking biography in an experimental mode / Emily Apter -- What literature can do / Philippe Artières -- Some notes towards a literary conception of literature / Donatien Grau -- The installation as novel / Boris Groys -- History of new novels / Adam Thirlwell -- What becomes of the novel when the gods are coming back / Tristan Garcia -- The varieties of literary experience / Peter Schjeldahl -- Intellection, cognition, contradiction / Laurent Dubreuil -- Heiner Müller's lyric loneliness and the mythical body / Stathis Gourgouris -- The route of the impossible / Paul Audi -- Re-thinking, re-feeling literature / Camille Laurens -- Hoarding as écriture / Dodie Bellamy -- Corpse pose / Wayne Koestenbaum -- The Shelley Jackson vocational school for ghost speakers and hearing-mouth children / Shelley Jackson -- Some fragments / Mael Renouard -- Fictional habitation / Camille de Toledo -- Act two : why I am a destiny / Vanessa Place -- Conclusion : Ay yay! the cry of literature / Helene Cixous
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781315560489
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Literaturwissenschaft
;
Literaturtheorie
;
Literaturwissenschaft
;
Literaturtheorie
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Author information:
Grau, Donatien 1987-
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