Literature Now: Key Terms and Methods for Literary History

Sascha Bru; Ben De Bruyn; Michel Delville

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2016

Literature Now

Key Terms and Methods for Literary History

Sascha Bru , Ben De Bruyn and Michel Delville

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474409919

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About this book

Introduces the most important terms for understanding literature, past and present.

Literature Now argues that modern literary history is currently the main site of theoretical and methodological reflection in literary studies. Via 19 key terms, the book takes stock of recent scholarship and demonstrates how analyses of particular historical phenomena have modified our understanding of crucial notions like archive, book, event, media, objects, style and the senses. The book not only reveals a rich diversity of subjects and approaches but also identifies the most salient traits of literature and literary studies today.

Leading literary critics and historians offer thought-provoking arguments as well as authoritative explorations of the key terms of literary studies providing students as well as scholars with a rich resource for exploring theoretical issues from a historically informed perspective.

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Organised around the key terms used in literary studies today: archive, book, medium, translation, subjects, senses, animals, objects, politics, time, invention, event, generation, period, beauty, mimesis, style, popular and genre
Puts literary history at the forefront of theoretical and methodological reflection in literary studies
Original chapters by leading literary critics, theorists and historians

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Notes on Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Sascha Bru, Ben De Bruyn and Michel Delville Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. Channels
1. Archive Ed Folsom Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
2. Book Sydney J. Shep Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	36
3. Medium Julian Murphet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
4. Translation Thomas O. Beebee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
Part II. Subjects/Objects
5. Subjects Ortwin de Graef Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
6. Senses Michel Delville Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
7. Animals Carrie Rohman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
8. Objects Timothy Morton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
9. Politics David Ayers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
Part III. Temporalities
10. Time Tyrus Miller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
11. Invention Jed Rasula Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
12. Event Scott McCracken Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
13. Generation Julian Hanna Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
14. Period Ben De Bruyn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Part IV. Aesthetics
15. Beauty Sascha Bru Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
16. Mimesis Thomas G. Pavel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
17. Style Sarah Posman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
18. Popular David Glover Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	238
19. Genre Jonathan Monroe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	252
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	299

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 320
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- Other: 1 B/W illustrations
Keywords: Literary Studies

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Published: January 19, 2016
ISBN: 9781474409919