New Formalisms and Literary Theory - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1137010487 ISBN 13: 9781137010483

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

Synopsis

Bringing together scholars who have critically followed New Formalism's journey through time, space, and learning environment, this collection of essays both solidifies and consolidates New Formalism as a burgeoning field of literary criticism and explicates its potential as a varied but viable methodology of contemporary critical theory.

About this title

About the Author:

Harry Berger, Jr., University of California, Santa Cruz, USA Scott Black, University of Utah, USA Fredric V. Bogel, Cornell University, USA Bartholomew Brinkman, Framingham State University, USA Edward Brunner, Southern Illinois University, USA Heather Dubrow, Fordham University, USA Group Phi, association of scholars, USA Nora Johnson, Swarthmore College, USA Karin Kukkonen, St. John's College, Oxford University, UK Corey McEleney, Fordham University, USA Laura McGrane, Haverford College, USA Steve Newman, Temple University, USA Cynthia Nichols, North Dakota State University, USA Kelcey Parker, Indiana University South Bend, USA Kristen Poole, University of Delaware, USA Katherine Rowe, Bryn Mawr, USA Jaqueline Wernimont, Scripps College, USA Julian Yates, University of Delaware, USA

Review:

"Following on several prominent interventions announcing the arrival of a New Formalism, this collection takes a catholic view of that movement, emphasizing an aesthetic turn, a return to formalism that cooperates with historical and contextual analysis. It recognizes craft, acknowledging the experience of practitioners. It will be widely assigned and debated." - Suzanne Keen, Washington and Lee University, USA

"This exciting collection of essays and manifesti reminds us of the "form" behind "formalism": that it engages society and history, is realized through process, and depends on transactions across the literary work. New Formalisms and Literary Theory will make you think again about both concepts." - Roland Greene, Stanford University, USA

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1137010487
• ISBN 13: 9781137010483
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 293
• Editor: Theile V., Tredennick L.