The emergence of literature : an archaeology of modern literary theory / Jacob Bittner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bittner, Jacob, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

Literature.

Critical theory--History.

Critical theory.

Criticism--History.

Criticism.

Authorship--History.

Authorship.

Literature--Philosophy.

Literature--Theory, etc.

History.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 234 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Archaeology of modern literary theory

Place of Publication:

New York, NY: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.

Summary:

"Examines the philosophic-historical conditions of literary theory"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Writerly Necessity

Part One: The Emergence of Literature as Absolute

Chapter One: Literature as Pure Writing

Chapter Two: The Literary Absolute

Chapter Three: The Born Poet

Threshold

Part Two: The Paradigm of Writerly Necessity

Chapter Four: Between the Subject and Language

Chapter Five: The Paradigm of Writerly Necessity

Chapter Six: The Writer Who Cannot Not-Desire to Write

Part Three: Literary Criticism

Chapter Seven: The Author (Sincerity)

Chapter Eight: The Death of the Author (Intransitivity)

Chapter Nine: The Politics of a priori Poetry

Part Four: Aesthetics

Chapter Ten: Literature in the Age of Criticism

Chapter Eleven: The Critic

Chapter Twelve: To Write as an Intransitive Verb

Afterthought on Literary Inoperativity

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Bittner, Jacob, The emergence of literature

ISBN:

9781501354243

1501354248

OCLC:

1101026553