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An analysis of the significance of literature in the work of one of
America's most influential contemporary philosophers. Stanley
Cavell is widely recognized as one of America's most important
contemporary philosophers, and his legacy and writings continue to
attract considerable attention among literary critics and
theorists. Stanley Cavell and the Claim of Literature
comprehensively addresses the importance of literature in Cavell's
philosophy and, in turn, the potential effect of his philosophy on
contemporary literary criticism. David Rudrum dedicates a chapter
to each of the writers that principally occupy Cavell, including
Shakespeare, Thoreau, Beckett, Wordsworth, Ibsen, and Poe, and
incorporates chapters on tragedy, skepticism, ethics, and politics.
Through detailed analysis of these works, Rudrum explores Cavell's
ideas on the nature of reading; the relationships among literary
language, ordinary language, and performative language; the status
of authors and characters; the link between tragedy and ethics; and
the nature of political conversation in a democracy.
Maps out how new developments in 21st-century philosophy intersect
with the study of literature This forward-thinking, non-traditional
reference work uniquely maps out how new developments in 21st
century philosophy are entering into dialogue with the study of
literature. Going beyond the familiar methods of analytic
philosophy, and with a breadth greater than traditional literary
theory, this collection looks at the profound consequences of the
interaction between philosophy and literature for questions of
ethics, politics, subjectivity, materiality, reality and the nature
of the contemporary itself.
For more than a decade now a steadily growing chorus of voices has
announced that the 'postmodern' literature, art, thought and
culture of the late 20th century have come to an end. At the same
time as this, the early years of the 21st century have seen a
stream of critical formulations proclaiming a successor to
postmodernism. Intriguing and exciting new terms such as
'remodernism', 'performatism', 'hypermodernism', 'automodernism",
'renewalism', 'altermodernism', 'digimodernism' and 'metamodernism'
have been coined, proposed and debated as terms for what comes
after the postmodern. Supplanting the Postmodern is the first
anthology to collect the key writings in these debates in one
place. The book is divided into two parts: the first, 'The Sense of
an Ending', presents a range of positions in the debate around the
demise of the postmodern; the second, 'Coming to Terms with the
New', presents representative writings from the new '-isms'
mentioned above. Each of the entries is prefaced by a brief
introduction by the editors, in which they outline its central
ideas, point out the similarities and/or differences from other
positions found in the anthology, and suggest possible strengths
and limitations to the insights presented in each piece.
For more than a decade now a steadily growing chorus of voices has
announced that the 'postmodern' literature, art, thought and
culture of the late 20th century have come to an end. At the same
time as this, the early years of the 21st century have seen a
stream of critical formulations proclaiming a successor to
postmodernism. Intriguing and exciting new terms such as
'remodernism', 'performatism', 'hypermodernism', 'automodernism",
'renewalism', 'altermodernism', 'digimodernism' and 'metamodernism'
have been coined, proposed and debated as terms for what comes
after the postmodern. Supplanting the Postmodern is the first
anthology to collect the key writings in these debates in one
place. The book is divided into two parts: the first, 'The Sense of
an Ending', presents a range of positions in the debate around the
demise of the postmodern; the second, 'Coming to Terms with the
New', presents representative writings from the new '-isms'
mentioned above. Each of the entries is prefaced by a brief
introduction by the editors, in which they outline its central
ideas, point out the similarities and/or differences from other
positions found in the anthology, and suggest possible strengths
and limitations to the insights presented in each piece.
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