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Affect and Literature

Hardback

Main Details

Title Affect and Literature
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Alex Houen
SeriesCambridge Critical Concepts
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:470
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 160
Category/GenreLiterary theory
Literary reference works
Western philosophy - Ancient to c 500
ISBN/Barcode 9781108424516
ClassificationsDewey:801.95
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises; 1 Tables, black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 6 February 2020
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This book considers how 'affect', the experience of feeling or emotion, has developed as a critical concept within literary studies in different periods and through a range of approaches. Stretching from the classical to the contemporary, the first section of the book, 'Origins', considers the importance of particular areas of philosophy, theory, and criticism that have been important for conceptualizing affect and its relation to literature. Includes ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, eighteenth-century aesthetics, Marxist theory, psychoanalysis, queer theory, and postcolonial theory. The chapters of the second section, 'Developments', correspond to those of the previous section and build on their insights through readings of particular texts. The final 'Applications' section is focused on contemporary and future lines of enquiry, and revolves around a particular set of concerns: media and communications, capitalism, and an environment of affective relations that extend to ecology, social crisis, and war.

Author Biography

Alex Houen is author of Terrorism and Modern Literature (2002), and Powers of Possibility: Experimental American Writing since the 1960s (2012). His edited publications include: a special issue on 'Affects, Text, and Performativity' of Textual Practice (March/April 2011); and (with Jan-Melissa Schramm), Sacrifice and Modern War Literature: Battle of Waterloo to the War on Terror (2018). He also co-edits the international journal of poetry, Blackbox Manifold.

Reviews

'A seminal body of meticulous, informative, and deftly presented scholarship, Affect and Literature is an extraordinary and unreservedly recommended addition to community and academic library Literary Criticism & Theory collections and supplemental curriculum reading lists.' Jim Cox, The Midwest Book Review