Affect and Literature

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Ahern, Stephen 2021. 16Affect Theory. The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory, Vol. 29, Issue. 1, p. 273.

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Baker, William 2022. XVIII Bibliography, Textual Criticism, and Reference Works. The Year's Work in English Studies,

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Edited by Alex Houen, University of Cambridge

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date: January 2020
Print publication year: 2020
Online ISBN: 9781108339339
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108339339

Subjects: Literature, English Literature: General Interest, Literary Theory
Series: Cambridge Critical Concepts

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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.

‘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 Source: The Midwest Book Review

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