Engagements with Contemporary Literary and Critical Theory
Engagements with Contemporary Literary and Critical Theory is a wide-ranging but accessible introduction to the key thinkers and theories integral to the study of literature. Organized thematically, the book provides historical introductions and uses a variety of relevant contemporary examples to il...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge,
2019.
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| Series: | Routledge Engagements with Literature Ser.
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Add Tag | Summary: | Engagements with Contemporary Literary and Critical Theory is a wide-ranging but accessible introduction to the key thinkers and theories integral to the study of literature. Organized thematically, the book provides historical introductions and uses a variety of relevant contemporary examples to illuminate the field. Evan Gottlieb contextualizes the latest developments with regard to forms; discourses; subjectivities and embodiments; media, networks, and machines; and animals, affects, objects, and environments. Each chapter elucidates its concepts through in-depth discussions of major contemporary theorists, including Giorgio Agamben, Sara Ahmed, and Catherine Malabou, and uses engaging examples from a canonical novel, a contemporary text, and a new-media artifact to demonstrate theoretical applications. Additional text boxes regularly introduce emerging or overlooked theorists of interest, including Fred Moten and Sianne Ngai. An ideal guide forstudents of literary and criticaltheory, this book will give readers the background they need to continue their own explorations of this vibrant field of study. |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (209 p.). |
| ISBN: | 9781317526308 1317526309 9781315722887 1315722887 9781317526292 1317526295 9781317526285 1317526287 |
Engagements with Contemporary Literary and Critical Theory