Errant Letters: Jacques Rancière and the Philosophy of Literature (Cross-Roads: Studies in Culture, Literary Theory, and History, 32) - Hardcover

Franczak, Jerzy

 
9783631881644: Errant Letters: Jacques Rancière and the Philosophy of Literature (Cross-Roads: Studies in Culture, Literary Theory, and History, 32)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 3631881649 ISBN 13: 9783631881644
Publisher: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2023

Synopsis

Jerzy Franczak comprehensively presents Jacques Rancière’s thought by emphasizing the relationship between politics and literature. This detailed analysis takes into account the context of modern aesthetics and political philosophy, as a result, the book introduces further protagonists such as Louis Althusser, Michel Foucault, Pierre Bourdieu, or Jean-François Lyotard. Franczak first reconstructs Rancière’s original philosophy of literature and subsequently apply it in readings of select world literature masterpieces by Gustav Flaubert, Max Jacob, Bertold Brecht, Vladimir Nabokov, and Philip Roth.

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About the Author

Jerzy Franczak is an accomplished writer and academic, currently serving as a professor at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. He has published numerous novels, collections of short stories, essays, and studies on philosophy and literature. His main research areas are contemporary critical thought, the history of the avant-garde, and modernist art.

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Publisher
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date
2023
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3631881649
ISBN 13 
9783631881644
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
340