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The Ecstatic Quotidian: Phenomenological Sightings in Modern Art and Literature

The Ecstatic Quotidian: Phenomenological Sightings in Modern Art and Literature

Fascination with quotidian experience in modern art, literature, and philosophy promotes ecstatic forms of reflection on the very structure of the everyday world. Gosetti-Ferencei examines the ways in which modern […]


The Theater of Truth

The Theater of Truth

The Theater of Truth argues that 17th-century baroque and 20th-century neobaroque aesthetics have to be understood as part of the same complex.


Styles of Enlightenment

Styles of Enlightenment

Styles of Enlightenment argues that alongside its democratic ideals and its efforts to create a unified public sphere, the Enlightenment also displayed a tendency to erect rigid barriers when it came to matters of style and artistic expression.


Heidegger, Hölderlin, and the Subject of Poetic Language

Heidegger, Hölderlin, and the Subject of Poetic Language

Heidegger’s interpretations of the poetry of Hölderlin are central to Heidegger’s later philosophy and have determined the mainstream reception of Hölderlin’s poetry. Gosetti-Ferencei argues that Heidegger has overlooked central elements […]


A Companion to Latin American Literature and Culture

A Companion to Latin American Literature and Culture

A Companion to Latin American Literature and Culture reflects the changes that have taken place in cultural theory and literary criticism since the latter part of the 20th century.


The Philosopher’s Desire

The Philosopher’s Desire

This book is about interpretation as it pertains to literature, philosophy, and psychoanalysis.


Eric Rohmer

Eric Rohmer

Few filmmakers have taken the principle of the “talking picture” so far as Eric Rohmer, the internationally renowned director.


A Wrinkle in History

A Wrinkle in History

The application paradigm of literary studies, in which one spices up a text with fashionable theory, represents the bankrupt extreme of theoretical tendencies, while the denigration of theory in the name of historical accuracy at times covers for a simple and lamentable lack of anything interesting to say.


The Discourse of Nature in the Poetry of Paul Celan: The Unnatural World

The Discourse of Nature in the Poetry of Paul Celan: The Unnatural World

In this insightful study, Rochelle Tobias goes a long way to dispelling the obscurity that has surrounded the poet Paul Celan and his work.


Getting Under the Skin: Body and Media Theory

Getting Under the Skin: Body and Media Theory

The body as an object of critical study dominates disciplines across the humanities to such an extent that a new discipline has emerged: body criticism.