Understanding Bergson, Understanding Modernism (Understanding Philosophy, Understanding Modernism) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1628923474 ISBN 13: 9781628923476

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2014

Synopsis

Henri Bergson is frequently cited amongst the holy trinity of major influences on Modernism-literary and otherwise-alongside Sigmund Freud and William James. Gilles Deleuze's Bergsonism has re-popularized Bergson for the 21st century, so much so that, perhaps, our Bergson is Deleuze's Bergson.

Despite renewed interest in Bergson, his influence remains understudied and consequently undervalued. While books examining the impact of Freud and James on Modernism abound, Bergson's impact, though widely acknowledged, has been closely examined much more rarely. Understanding Bergson, Understanding Modernism remedies this deficiency in three ways. First, it offers close readings and critiques of six pivotal texts. Second, it reassesses Bergson's impact on Modernism while also tracing his continuing importance to literature, media, and philosophy throughout the twentieth and into the 21st century. In its final section it provides an extended glossary of Bergsonian terms, complete with extensive examples and citations of their use across his texts. The glossary also maps the influence of Bergson's work by including entries on related writers, all of whom Bergson either corresponded with or critiqued.

About this title

Book Description:

A wide-ranging reassessment of Henry Bergson's immense influence on literary Modernism.

About the Author:

Laci Mattison is a PhD candidate in English Literature at Florida State University, USA.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1628923474
• ISBN 13: 9781628923476
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 358
• Editor: Ardoin Paul