| What Literature Knows: Forays into Literary Knowledge Production Contributor(s): Ehland, Christoph (Other), Kley, Antje (Editor), Merten, Kai (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3631750145 ISBN-13: 9783631750148 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $91.92 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - Italian - Foreign Language Study | English As A Second Language - Literary Criticism | Feminist |
| Series: Contributions to English and American Literary Studies (Ceal |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.32 lbs) 342 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Italy - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - French - Cultural Region - Russia - Cultural Region - Germany |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume sheds light on the nexus between knowledge and literature. Arranged historically, contributions address both popular and canonical English and US-American writing from the early modern period to the present. They focus on how historically specific texts engage with epistemological questions in relation to material and social forms as well as representation. The authors discuss literature as a culturally embedded form of knowledge production in its own right, which deploys narrative and poetic means of exploration to establish an independent and sometimes dissident archive. The worlds that imaginary texts project are shown to open up alternative perspectives to be reckoned with in the academic articulation and public discussion of issues in economics and the sciences, identity formation and wellbeing, legal rationale and political decision-making. |