Readings : acts of close reading in literary theory

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolfreys, Julian, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature--Philosophy--History--20th century.

Literature.

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

Criticism--History.

Criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Edinburgh University Press 2000

Language Note:

English

Summary:

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748613526);Through a series of short essays, Readings traces the consideration given to the act of close reading in literary criticism and theory over the last thirty years.Focusing on short passages from a number of critical works, including those by Barthes, Cixous, de Man, Derrida, Foucault, Kristeva, Lacan and J. Hillis Miller amongst others, the essays enact close readings of the trope of reading - its movements and performances in each of the passages in question - so as to offer a more detailed comprehension of the nature of reading, and the ways in which critical thinking has transformed our understanding of what it means to read.Readings addresses in a lively and engaging manner the varying rhythms and articulations made possible through the careful tracing of the process of critical reading which literary theory has made available."

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements

Constructions, Citations, Fragments, Remaniements

Guilt

Representation

Idleness

Politics

Contradiction

Swerve

Performance

Remains

Escape

The other

Repetition

Displacement

Risk

Excess

Fragment

Movement

Doubling

Chance

Effect

Infection

Theatre

Slippage

Saying

Listening

Responsibility

Between

Suspension

Avoidance

Writing

Act

Metalepsis

Double-bind

Solitude

Glance

Violence

Notes

Works Cited

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-585-44204-5

OCLC:

1312725902