Literature's Sensuous Geographies: Postcolonial Matters of Place

S. Moslund

ISBN 10: 1137479671 / ISBN 13: 9781137479679

Published by SPRINGER NATURE Mrz 2015, 2015

About this Item

This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Using place studies within a postcolonial context, this study explores the sense-aesthetic dimensions in literature such as smell, sound, etc. that often challenge the rationalizing logic of modernity. Through close readings of writers such as Conrad and Coetzee, Moslund invites scholars to shift focus from discourse analysis to aesthetic analysis. 273 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Literature's Sensuous Geographies: Postcolonial Matters of Place
• Publisher: SPRINGER NATURE Mrz 2015
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1137479671
• ISBN 13: 9781137479679
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 140H x 18D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 140 millimeters height by 18 millimeters depth
• Weight: 481 grams

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Synopsis

Using place studies within a postcolonial context, this study explores the sense-aesthetic dimensions in literature such as smell, sound, etc. that often challenge the rationalizing logic of modernity. Through close readings of writers such as Conrad and Coetzee, Moslund invites scholars to shift focus from discourse analysis to aesthetic analysis.

About the Author

Sten Pultz Moslund is Associate Professor in the department of Comparative Literature in the Institute for the Study of Culture at the University of Southern Denmark.