Succeeding King Lear : literature, exposure, and the possibility of politics / Emily Sun.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sun, Emily.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Influence.

Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850--Criticism and interpretation.

Wordsworth, William.

Agee, James, 1909-1955--Criticism and interpretation.

Agee, James.

Evans, Walker, 1903-1975--Criticism and interpretation.

Evans, Walker.

Politics in literature.

Sovereignty in literature.

Politics and literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 179 p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2010.

Summary:

This book investigates the question of the relations between literature and politics in democratic modernity. It makes connections between Shakespeare's tragedy, Wordsworth's poetry, and the documentary nonfiction and photography of James Agee and Walker Evans to offer new ways of thinking of the logic of literary history and the relationship between early modern, Romantic, and 20th-century texts.

Contents:

Shakespeare. Sovereignty, exposure, theater: a reading of King Lear

Wordsworth. Wordsworth on the heath: tragedy, autobiography, and the revolutionary spectator; Poetry against indifference : responding to "The discharged soldier"

Agee and Evans. From the division of labor to the discovery of the common: James Agee and Walker Evans's Let us now praise famous men.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8232-4116-5

0-8232-3282-4

OCLC:

667537238