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Reading corporeality in Patrick White's fiction : an abject dictatorship of the flesh / by Bridget Grogan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grogan, Bridget.
- Series:
- Cross/Cultures 204.
- Cross/Cultures ; 204
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human body in literature.
- Body and soul in literature.
- White, Patrick, 1912-1990--Criticism and interpretation.
- White, Patrick.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (286 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill Rodopi, 2018.
- Summary:
- In Reading Corporeality in Patrick White’s Fiction: An Abject Dictatorship of the Flesh , Bridget Grogan combines theoretical explication, textual comparison, and close reading to argue that corporeality is central to Patrick White’s fiction, shaping the characterization, style, narrative trajectories, and implicit philosophy of his novels and short stories. Critics have often identified a radical disgust at play in White’s writing, claiming that it arises from a defining dualism that posits the ‘purity’ of the disembodied ‘spirit’ in relation to the ‘pollution’ of the material world. Grogan argues convincingly, however, that White’s fiction is far more complex in its approach to the body. Modeling ways in which Kristevan theory may be applied to modern fiction, her close attention to White’s recurring interest in physicality and abjection draws attention to his complex questioning of metaphysics and subjectivity, thereby providing a fresh and compelling reading of this important world author.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- Abjection, Compassion, and White’s Recuperation of Affective Corporeality
- Mind/Body Dualism
- Pulsating Prose
- The Body Imprisoned
- Ladies and Gentlemen?
- White’s Somatic Spirituality
- Abject Corporeality and Somatic Spirituality
- Unifying the Fragments
- Works Cited
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-36569-9
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004365698 DOI
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