Frederic Neyrat

Literature and Materialisms

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Literature and Materialisms sheds light on the current new wave of materialisms and assesses the impact on literary theory and criticism. It maps the similarities and differences between speculative realism, object-oriented philosophy, thing theory, and vibrant vitalism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 187
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 137mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9781138675698
• ISBN-10: 1138675695
• Artikelnr.: 58622590

Autorenporträt

Frédéric Neyrat is Associate Professor and Mellon-Morgridge Professor of Planetary Humanities in the English department of UW-Madison, (USA).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Disconcerting Materiality of Literature
1. Materialism and Belief: On Religion and Politics
2. Materialism and Economics: On Marxism
Ideology
and Culture
3. Materialism and Subject: On Anti-Colonialism
Postcolonialism
and Feminism
4. Materialism and Life: On New Materialism and Vitalism
5. Materialism and Ontology: On Empiricism
Speculative Realism
and Object-Oriented Ontology
6. Materialism and Realism: On Literary Realism
Naturalism
and Objectivist Poetry
7. Materialism and Matter: On Physics and Quantum Physics
8. Materialism and Language: On Linguistics and Literary Creation
Conclusion: Ghost Materialism