Brutalist readings : esays on literature / John Douglas Millar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Millar, John Douglas, author.

Standardized Title:

Essays. Slelctions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature, Modern--20th century--History and criticism.

Literature, Modern.

Literature, Modern--21st century--History and criticism.

Literature, Experimental--20th century--History and criticism.

Literature, Experimental.

Literature, Experimental--21st century--History and criticism.

Modernism (Literature)--History--20th century.

Modernism (Literature).

Modernism (Literature)--History--21st century.

Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--History--20th century.

Avant-garde (Aesthetics).

Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--History--21st century.

History.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

184 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Sternberg Press, [2016]

Summary:

John Douglas Millar?s 'Brutalist Readings: Essays on Literature' is a significant intervention into recent debates on the place of literature and writing in the context of contemporary art. Featuring essays on the highs and lows of the conceptual turn in poetics, avant-garde literary genealogies, and monographic pieces on Paul B. Preciado, Chris Kraus, and Pierre Guyotat, among others, Brutalist Readings explores the radical histories of writing, as well as its potential now.

Contents:

Part 1

Conceptual writing and its discontents

Part 2

Literature for the flesh.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783956791550

395679155X

OCLC:

949848810

Publisher Number:

9783956791550