Singularity and Transnational Poetics (Hardcover)

Over the past decade 'singularity' has been a prominent term in a broad range of fields, ranging from philosophy to literary and cultural studies to science and technology studies. This volume intervenes in this broad discussion of singularity and its various implications, proposing to explore the term for its specific potential in the study of literature. Singularity and Transnational Poetics brings together scholars working in the fields of literary and cultural studies, translation studies, and transnational literatures. The volume's central concern is to explore singularity as a conceptual tool for the comparative study of contemporary literatures beyond national frameworks, and by implication, as a tool to analyze human existence. Contributors explore how singularity might move our conceptions of cultural identity from prevailing frameworks of self/other toward the premises of being as 'singular plural'. Through a close reading of transnational literatures from Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, France, and South Africa, this collection offers a new approach to reading literature that will challenge a reader's established notions of identity, individuality, communicability, and social cohesion.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature
Release date:	December 2014
First published:	2015
Editors:	Birgit Mara Kaiser
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	200
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-77578-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General
LSN:	1-138-77578-9
Barcode:	9781138775787

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