Modernism and Affect

Julie Taylor

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2015

Modernism and Affect

Julie Taylor

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748693269

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About this book

This collection reconsiders Modernism in the light of the humanities' affective turn"

This book addresses an under-researched area of modernist studies, reconsidering modernist attitudes towards feeling in the light of the humanities’ turn to affect. The eleven original chapters and chapter-length introduction consider the affective dimensions of a range of forms and media – including literature, architecture, philosophy, dance, visual art, and design – tracing modernism from its origins in the nineteenth-century to its afterlives in the postwar period. Modernism and Affect engages with contemporary theories of affect but also turns to a surprisingly wide range of theoretical models – including psychoanalysis, phenomenology, critical theory and poststructuralism – as it emphasises the complexities of modernist affect and emotion.

Key Features

Presents 11 original essays by international scholars exploring the relationships between modernism and affect
Offers a multi- and interdisciplinary approach to modernist studies
Challenges the assumption that modernism is marked by a lack of interest in the emotions
Outlines influential theories of affect for scholars and students of modernist studies

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	iii
List of Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
Notes on Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction: Modernism and Affect Julie Taylor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1 Mind, Body and Embarrassment in Henry James’s The Awkward Age John Attridge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
Chapter 2 The Trauma of Form: Death Drive as Affect in À la Robbie McLaughlan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
Chapter 3 Affective Ethical Valuing in Hulme and Scheler Logic of the Heart: Affective Ethical Valuing in T. E. Hulme and Max Scheler Christos Hadjiyiannis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	56
Chapter 4 The Line that Binds: Climbing Narratives, Ropework and Epistolary Practice Abbie Garrington Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
Chapter 5 The Amplification of Affect: Tension, Intensity and Form in Modern Dance Paul Atkinson and Michelle Duffy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	94
Chapter 6 Love and the Art Object Joanne Winning Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Chapter 7 Animating Cane: Race, Affect, History and Jean Toomer Julie Taylor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
Chapter 8 Fear and Precarious Life after Political Representation in Baudelaire Richard Cole Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	148
Chapter 9 Bloom-Space of Theory: The Pleasure and the Bliss of Gerty MacDowell Maria-Daniella Dick Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
Chapter 10 From Odysseus to Rotpeter: Adorno and Kafka, Mimicry and Happiness Doug Haynes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
Chapter 11 Making Happy, Happy-making: The Eameses and Communication by Design Justus Nieland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	226

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 240
Illustrations
- Other: 11 B/W illustrations
Keywords: Literary Studies

eBook

Published: May 17, 2015
ISBN: 9780748693269