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Literature Now : Key Terms and Methods for Literary History / Michel Delville, Sascha Bru, Ben De Bruyn.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (320 p.) : 1 B/W illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781474409902
  • 9781474409919
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 809 23
LOC classification:
  • PN441 .L48875 2016
  • PN511
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- Part I. Channels -- 1. Archive -- 2. Book -- 3. Medium -- 4. Translation -- Part II. Subjects/Objects -- 5. Subjects -- 6. Senses -- 7. Animals -- 8. Objects -- 9. Politics -- Part III. Temporalities -- 10. Time -- 11. Invention -- 12. Event -- 13. Generation -- 14. Period -- Part IV. Aesthetics -- 15. Beauty -- 16. Mimesis -- 17. Style -- 18. Popular -- 19. Genre -- Notes -- Index
Summary: Introduces the most important terms for understanding literature, past and present.GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup(['ISBN:9780748699254','ISBN:9780748699261']);Literature Now argues that modern literary history is currently the main site of theoretical and methodological reflection in literary studies. Via 19 key terms, the book takes stock of recent scholarship and demonstrates how analyses of particular historical phenomena have modified our understanding of crucial notions like archive, book, event, media, objects, style and the senses. The book not only reveals a rich diversity of subjects and approaches but also identifies the most salient traits of literature and literary studies today. Leading literary critics and historians offer thought-provoking arguments as well as authoritative explorations of the key terms of literary studies providing students as well as scholars with a rich resource for exploring theoretical issues from a historically informed perspective.Key FeaturesOrganised around the key terms used in literary studies today: archive, book, medium, translation, subjects, senses, animals, objects, politics, time, invention, event, generation, period, beauty, mimesis, style, popular and genrePuts literary history at the forefront of theoretical and methodological reflection in literary studiesOriginal chapters by leading literary critics, theorists and historians"
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- Part I. Channels -- 1. Archive -- 2. Book -- 3. Medium -- 4. Translation -- Part II. Subjects/Objects -- 5. Subjects -- 6. Senses -- 7. Animals -- 8. Objects -- 9. Politics -- Part III. Temporalities -- 10. Time -- 11. Invention -- 12. Event -- 13. Generation -- 14. Period -- Part IV. Aesthetics -- 15. Beauty -- 16. Mimesis -- 17. Style -- 18. Popular -- 19. Genre -- Notes -- Index

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Introduces the most important terms for understanding literature, past and present.GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup(['ISBN:9780748699254','ISBN:9780748699261']);Literature Now argues that modern literary history is currently the main site of theoretical and methodological reflection in literary studies. Via 19 key terms, the book takes stock of recent scholarship and demonstrates how analyses of particular historical phenomena have modified our understanding of crucial notions like archive, book, event, media, objects, style and the senses. The book not only reveals a rich diversity of subjects and approaches but also identifies the most salient traits of literature and literary studies today. Leading literary critics and historians offer thought-provoking arguments as well as authoritative explorations of the key terms of literary studies providing students as well as scholars with a rich resource for exploring theoretical issues from a historically informed perspective.Key FeaturesOrganised around the key terms used in literary studies today: archive, book, medium, translation, subjects, senses, animals, objects, politics, time, invention, event, generation, period, beauty, mimesis, style, popular and genrePuts literary history at the forefront of theoretical and methodological reflection in literary studiesOriginal chapters by leading literary critics, theorists and historians"

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)