Wiley-Blackwell A Handbook of Modernism Studies: 3 (Critical Theory Handbooks)

Review "A handbook, yes, but so much more: an inspiriting demonstration of the divergent, energetic, and innovative approaches that are transforming our sense of  how modernism  was, is, and one day might be understood. Indispensable, whatever your level of engagement with modernist studies."—Maria DiBattista, Princeton University “Jean-Michel Rabaté’s expertly assembled Handbook of Modernist Studies rereads Modernist literary texts through the lens of the most recent and up-to-date Continental theory. The 25 essays included here are as comprehensive and authoritative as they are sophisticated: studies making use of the New Marxisms, cognitive science, queer theory, phenomenology and Rancière’s “aesthetic regime” are ingeniously flanked, in Rabaté’s Introduction and the concluding essay by Jonathan Loesberg, by reconsiderations of Clement Greenberg’s formalism and its important version of Modernism as we now understand it.”—Marjorie Perloff “This superb collection of new essays by leading figures in the field provides the reader with a satisfyingly complete yet also excitingly cutting-edge introduction to the study of Modernism in our time.  Focusing on the productive tensions between art and theory as they informed the cultural movements of the period, A Handbook of Modernist Studies will prove indispensible for both experts and newcomers to the field.”—Sianne Ngai, Stanford University Product Description Featuring the latest research findings and exploring the fascinating interplay of modernist authors and intellectual luminaries, from Beckett and Kafka to Derrida and Adorno, this bold new collection of essays gives students a deeper grasp of key texts in modernist literature.Provides a wealth of fresh perspectives on canonical modernist texts, featuring the latest research dataAdopts an original and creative thematic approach to the subject, with concepts such as race, law, gender, class, time, and ideology forming the structure of the collectionExplores current and ongoing debates on the links between the aesthetics and praxis of authors and modernist theoreticiansReveals the profound ways in which modernist authors have influenced key thinkers, and vice versa Review “An invaluable resource for literary theorists and modernism scholars.  Summing Up: Highly recommended.  Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.”  (Choice, 1 December 2013) From the Inside Flap The fourth volume in a new and innovative series exploring literature through the variegated lenses of critical theory, this bold new collection of essays examines canonical modernist texts by making sense of the conceptual, philosophical, and theoretical issues that underpin them. Edited by a renowned commentator on modernist theory and literature, the book features contributions from leading academics who have engaged in detailed analysis both of individual texts, and their links with theory and theoreticians.The handbook explores the deep affinity of leading theorists for specific modernist texts, unravelling the intellectual links between Adorno and Beckett, Derrida and Joyce, Foucault and Borges, and ?i?ek and Kafka, among others. It also attests to the penchant of modernist authors such as Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot and Fernando Pessoa for particular aspects of philosophical and theoretical discourse. This compelling examination of the philosophical confluence between modernism and literature will attract students and scholars not just of literature, but in many other disciplines. From the Back Cover The fourth volume in a new and innovative series exploring literature through the variegated lenses of critical theory, this bold new collection of essays examines canonical modernist texts by making sense of the conceptual, philosophical, and theoretical issues that underpin them. Edited by a renowned commentator on modernist theory and literature, the book features contributions from leading academics who have eng