Veering: A Theory of Literature

Nicholas Royle

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2011

Veering

A Theory of Literature

Nicholas Royle

In the series The Frontiers of Theory

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748636556

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Reflections on the figure of veering form the basis for a new theory of literature

Exploring images of swerving, loss of control, digressing and deviating, Veering provides new critical perspectives on all major literary genres: the novel, poetry, drama, the short story and the essay, as well as ‘creative writing’. Royle works with insights from Lewis Carroll, Freud, Adorno, Raymond Williams, Edward Said, Deleuze, Cixous and Derrida. With wit and irony he investigates ‘veering’ in the writings of Jonson, Milton, Dryden, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Melville, Hardy, Proust, Lawrence, Bowen, J.H. Prynne and many others. Contrary to a widespread sense that literature has become increasingly irrelevant to our culture and everyday life, Royle brilliantly traces a strange but compelling ‘literary turn’.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
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1. Casting Off Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Reading a Novel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
3. Reading a Poem Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
4. Drama: An Aside Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	54
5. The Essay: A Note (On Being Late) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
6. On Critical and Creative Writing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
7. The Literary Turn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
8. Veerer: Where Ghosts Live Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
9. Veerer: Reading Melville’s ‘Bartleby’ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
10. Veering with Lawrence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 232
Keywords: Literary Studies

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Published: October 12, 2011
ISBN: 9780748636556