Theory Matters
The Place of Theory in Literary and Cultural Studies Today
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ISBN-13:
9781137474278
Veröffentl:
2016
Einband:
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Erscheinungsdatum:
22.07.2016
Seiten:
376
Autor:
Christoph Reinfandt
Gewicht:
598 g
Format:
216x153x25 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
This book demonstrates that theory in literary and cultural studies has moved beyond overarching master theories towards a greater awareness of particularity and contingency - including its own. What is the place of literary and cultural theory after the Age of Theory has ended?
Grouping its chapters into rubrics of metatheory, cultural theory, critical theory and textual theory, the collection demonstrates that the practice of "doing theory" has neither lost its vitality nor can it be in any way dispensable. Current directions covered include the renewed interest in phenomenology, the increased acknowledgement of the importance of media history for all cultural practices and formations, complexity studies, new narratology, literary ethics, cultural ecology, and an intensified interest in textual as well as cultural matter.
Grouping its chapters into rubrics of metatheory, cultural theory, critical theory and textual theory, the collection demonstrates that the practice of "doing theory" has neither lost its vitality nor can it be in any way dispensable. Current directions covered include the renewed interest in phenomenology, the increased acknowledgement of the importance of media history for all cultural practices and formations, complexity studies, new narratology, literary ethics, cultural ecology, and an intensified interest in textual as well as cultural matter.
Features contributions from some of the most eminent scholars of theory still practicing - such as J. Hillis Miller, Derek Attridge, Thomas Docherty and Julian Wolfreys
Covers a broad range of theory, from deconstruction to material theory
Fills a gap in the market between the high theory boom and the 'after theory' generation