Post-theory : new directions in criticism / edited by Martin McQuillan [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McQuillan, Martin, Author.

Contributor:

McQuillan, Martin, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

English literature.

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

Literature.

English literature--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 220 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Post-Theory brings together some of the most prominent figures and rising stars in the field of Critical Theory. Essays consider such issues as: the current state of Critical Theory; the type of work Theory has made possible; and the future of theory. Opening with a Preface by Ernesto Laclau, the book closes with a 'Post-Word' from Helene Cixous. This volume of new work features examples of new theoretical possibilities. Contributors include: Catherine Besley, Geoffrey Bennington, Hélène Cixous, Patricia Duncker, Lorna Hutson, Ernesto Laclau, Julian Murphet, Christopher Norris, Nicholas Royle, Robert Smith and Eric Woehrling.Key FeaturesGround-breaking collection of opinion-changing work Timely and topical intervention into Critical Theory Wide range of approaches and examples of theoretical possibilitiesContributors include huge names in the field, such as Catherine Besley, Geoffrey Bennington, Hélène Cixous, Patricia Duncker, Lorna Hutson, Ernesto Laclau, Julian Murphet, Christopher Norris, Nicholas Royle, Robert Smith and Eric Woehrling

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Preface

Acknowledgements

The Joy of Theory

Part I. Déjà Vu

1. Déjà Vu

2. Deconstruction and the 'Unfinished Project of Modernity’

3. Post-Gender: Jurassic Feminism Meets Queer Politics

4. The Pleasures of Labour: Marxist Aesthetics in a Post-Marxist World

5. Is the Novel Original? Derrida and (Post-)Modernity

6. Pierre Bourdieu and the Chronotopes of 'Post-Theory’

Part II. Inter

7. Inter

Part III. The Post-Theory Condition

8. English Studies in the Postmodern Condition: Towards a Place for the Signifier

9. Ethopoeia, Source-Study and Legal History: A Post-Theoretical Approach to the Question of ’Character’ in Shakespearean Drama

10. The Death Drive Does Not Think

11. ’Various Infinitudes’: Narration, Embodiment and Ontology in Beckett's How It Is and Spinoza's Ethics

12. Edward Said after Theory: The Limits of Counterpoint

13. Grounding Theory: Literary Theory and the New Geography

Post-Word

Notes on Contributors

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781474470926

1474470920