The Weather in Proust (Paperback, New)

"The Weather in Proust "gathers pieces written by the eminent critic and theorist Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick in the last decade of her life, as she worked toward a book on Proust. This book takes its title from the first essay, a startlingly original interpretation of Proust. By way of Neoplatonism, Buddhism, and the work of Melanie Klein, Sedgwick establishes the sense of refreshment and surprise that the author of the "Recherche" affords his readers. Proust also figures in pieces on the poetry of C. P. Cavafy, object relations, affect theory, and Sedgwick's textile art practices. More explicitly connected to her role as a pioneering queer theorist are an exuberant attack against reactionary refusals of the work of Guy Hocquenghem and talks in which she lays out her central ideas about sexuality and her concerns about the direction of US queer theory. Sedgwick lived for more than a dozen years with a diagnosis of terminal cancer; its implications informed her later writing and thinking, as well as her spiritual and artistic practices. In the book's final and most personal essay, she reflects on the realization of her impending death. Featuring thirty-seven color images of her art, "The Weather in Proust" offers a comprehensive view of Sedgwick's later work, underscoring its diversity and coherence.

General

Imprint:	Duke University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Series Q
Release date:	December 2011
First published:	December 2011
Editors:	Jonathan Goldberg
Authors:	Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
Editors:	Michael Moon
Dimensions:	154 x 234 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	240
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-8223-5158-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Sex & sexuality Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gay & Lesbian studies > General
LSN:	0-8223-5158-7
Barcode:	9780822351580

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