Literature Now : Key Terms And Methods For Literary History - Hardcover

Bru, Sascha

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9360802573 ISBN 13: 9789360802578

Publisher: Manohar Publishers and Distributors, 2026

Synopsis

Literature Now argues that modern literary history is currently the main site of theoretical and methodological reflection in literary studies. Via 19 key terms, the book takes stock of recent scholarship and demonstrates how analyses of particular historical phenomena have modified our understanding of crucial notions like archive, book, event, media, objects, style and the senses. The book not only reveals a rich diversity of subjects and approaches but also identifies the most salient traits of literature and literary studies today. Leading literary critics and historians offer thought-provoking arguments as well as authoritative explorations of the key terms of literary studies providing students as well as scholars with a rich resource for exploring theoretical issues from a historically informed perspective. Key Features Organised around the key terms used in literary studies today: archive, book, medium, translation, subjects, senses, animals, objects, politics, time, invention, event, generation, period, beauty, mimesis, style, popular and genre. Puts literary history at the forefront of theoretical and methodological reflection in literary studies. Original chapters by leading literary critics, theorists and historians. About the Author Sascha Bru is professor at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Leuven (Belgium). He has produced over a dozen books on European avant-gardes and modernisms. Ben De Bruyn is an associate professor of comparative literature at Maastricht University. Mainly interested in twentieth and twenty-first century fiction, he has published on three sets of topics, namely theories and histories of reading practices, the representation of space, place and planet and the literary imagination of commodities and various lifestyle practices. Michel Delville teaches English and American literatures, as well as comparative literature, at the University of Liège.

Edition details

• Publisher: Manohar Publishers and Distributors
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9360802573
• ISBN 13: 9789360802578
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320