Radical Formalisms: Reading, Theory, and the Boundaries of the Classical

Nooter, Sarah (Editor)/ Telò, Mario (Editor)

ISBN 10: 1350377473 / ISBN 13: 9781350377479

Published by Bloomsbury USA Academic, 2025

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Radical Formalisms: Reading, Theory, and the Boundaries of the Classical
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Academic
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1350377473
• ISBN 13: 9781350377479
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.44 kilograms

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Synopsis

The term "radical formalism" refers to strategies aimed at defamiliarising and revitalising conventional modes of formalistic reading and theorising form. These strategies disrupt and unsettle established norms while incorporating a metadiscursive awareness of their broader political implications. This volume presents a radical reconceptualisation of literary works from Greek and Roman antiquity. Engaging in an ongoing dialogue with critical theory and postcritique, as well as drawing inspiration from traditions rooted in Black art, poetry and philosophy—both directly and indirectly connected to the classical tradition—the essays in this collection explore subversions of canonical norms and resistances to the hegemony of textual order. This collection not only provides new, provocative insights into a corpus of texts that has exerted a lasting impact on modern literature and philosophy, but also challenges current interpretive methods, recasting the very practice of reading in relation to form, poetics, language, sound, temporalities and textuality.

About the Authors

Sarah Nooter is Professor of Classics and Theater and Performance Studies at the University of Chicago, USA.

Mario Telò is Professor of Rhetoric, Comparative Literature, and Ancient Greek and Roman Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. He is author of numerous books, including Greek Tragedy in a Global Crisis (Bloomsbury, 2023) and Roman Comedy against the Subject (2025). He is also co-editor of Radical Formalisms (Bloomsbury, 2024) and Queer Euripides (Bloomsbury, 2022).