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The Singularity of Literature Derek Attridge

The Singularity of Literature By Derek Attridge

The Singularity of Literature by Derek Attridge


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This brilliant contribution to the theory of literature, demonstrates how a new understanding of the literary might be applied in a 'responsible', creative mode of reading.

The Singularity of Literature Summary

The Singularity of Literature by Derek Attridge

Winner of the ESSE (European Society for the Study of English) Book Award for Literature 2006

Literature and the literary have proved singularly resistant to definition. Derek Attridge argues that such resistance represents not a dead end, but a crucial starting point from which to explore anew the power and practices of Western art.
In this lively, original volume, the author:

  • considers the implications of regarding the literary work as an innovative cultural event, both in its time and for later generations;
  • provides a rich new vocabulary for discussions of literature, rethinking such terms as invention, singularity, otherness, alterity, performance and form;
  • returns literature to the realm of ethics, and argues the ethical importance of the literary institution to a culture;
  • demonstrates how a new understanding of the literary might be put to work in a 'responsible,' creative mode of reading.
  • The Singularity of Literature is not only a major contribution to the theory of literature, but also a celebration of the extraordinary pleasure of the literary, for reader, writer, student or critic.

The Singularity of Literature Reviews

'The clarity and imagination with which the argument is presented make this book capable of reinvigorating the debate about literary form in English study at many levels.' - Oxford Literary Review

'Attridge builds a powerful account of literature and an original account of the relation of literature to ethics. Written accessibly and without jargon, this book will excite old and new readers alike.' - Simon Critchley, New School University, New York, and the University of Essex

'[A] singular achievement in pushing the challenge of literature to the top of the agenda and opening the objectives of the discipline to debate.' - Kiernan Ryan, Literature and Poetry

'[This is] a very intelligent book, highly accessible.' - ZAA

About Derek Attridge

Derek Attridge is Professor of English at the University of York and author of acclaimed works on poetry, fiction and literary theory.

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GOR004438193
9780415335935
0415335930
The Singularity of Literature by Derek Attridge
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
20040408
192
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