New Directions in Philosophy and Literature

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Maps out how new developments in 21st-century philosophy intersect with the study of literatureIncludes an orientational introduction by Claire Colebrook, one of the world's foremost authorities in the fieldEngages dynamic debates about what it means to be human in face of recent developments in science and technology, the repercussions of anthropogenic climate change, and the overall nature of our contemporary momentDraws on new developments in philosophy including speculative realism, object-oriented ontology, the new materialisms, posthumanism, analytic philosophy of language and metaphysics, and ecophilosophyOffers close readings of a range of texts from 19th- and 20th-century classics such as Walden, Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Nineteen Eighty-Four to contemporary novels such as A Visit from the Goon Squad, Oryx and Crake and The Stone GodsThis 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.Literary Case StudiesOryx and Crake and Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodSo Close by Hélène Cixous, 10:04 by Ben LernerKapow! by Adam ThirlwellA Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer EganRalph Waldo Emerson’s essays‘Mississippi’ by William FaulknerThe Flood by Maggie GeeThe Ship by Antonia HoneywellThe Map and the Territory by Michel HouellebecqSolar by Ian McEwanWhen the Floods Came by Clare MorrallNineteen Eighty-Four by George OrwellPercy Bysshe Shelley’s poetrySuper Sad True Love Story by Gary ShteyngartWalden by Henry David ThoreauKapitoil by Teddy WayneThe Intuitionist by Colson WhiteheadThe Stone Gods by Jeanette WintersonWilliam Wordsworth’s poetryContributorsRidvan Askin, University of Basel, SwitzerlandR. Scott Bakker, critically acclaimed novelist and independent scholarFrida Beckman, Stockholm University, SwedenR. M. Berry, Florida State University (Emeritus), USACharlie Blake, University of West London, UKAstrid Bracke, HAN University of Applied Sciences, Nijmegen, NetherlandsRey Chow, Duke University, NC, USAClaire Colebrook, Penn State University, USAArne De Boever, California Institute of the Arts, USANicky Gardiner, University of Huddersfield, UKAlison Gibbons, Sheffield Hallam University, UKEvan Gottlieb, Oregon State University, USAGraham Harman, Southern California Institute of Architecture, USABirgit Mara Kaiser, Utrecht University, NetherlandsIngeborg Löfgren, Uppsala University, SwedenRobert P. Marzec, Purdue University, IN, USA Helen Palmer, Kingston University London, UK Adrian Parr, University of Texas Arlington, USAGraham Priest, City University of New York, USA and University of Melbourne (Emeritus), Australia David Rudrum. University of Huddersfield, UKBabette B. Tischleder, University of Göttingen, GermanyJosh Toth, MacEwan University, CanadaRobin van den Akker, Erasmus University College Rotterdam, NetherlandsTimotheus Vermeulen, University of Oslo, NorwayBryan Vescio, High Point University, NC, USADavid Watson, Uppsala University, Sweden