Screen LibraryFigural space : semiotics and the aesthetic imaginary /
"This study provides a philosophical overview of select classics of Renaissance to contemporary literature to show how the notion of figural space is crucial to assessing the ethical and political aspects of literary study"--
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Rowman & Littlefield, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc.,
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| Publisher Address: | Lanham, Maryland : |
| Publication Dates: | [2021] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Global aesthetic research
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| Summary: |
"This study provides a philosophical overview of select classics of Renaissance to contemporary literature to show how the notion of figural space is crucial to assessing the ethical and political aspects of literary study"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xx, 184 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781538147856 1538147858 9781538147870 1538147874 |
| Index Number: | PR21 |
| CLC: | I561.06 |
| Call Number: | I561.06/M517 |
| Contents: | Introduction: An opening of figural space -- Kristeva and Hegel : subjectivity reconfigured -- Spenser's Renaissance : ideality and discourse -- Image in Wordsworth : space-time and semiotics -- Shelley's double vision : figural counter-worlds -- Proust and aesthetics : a narrative sensibility -- Space in Blanchot : Orphic testimonies -- Revisiting Jean Rhys : postcolonial aesthetics -- Ishiguro's imaginary : figures of history -- Conclusion: Negotiating the figural. |