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Literary Studies and the Philosophy of Literature

New Interdisciplinary Directions

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Editors:
  1. Andrea Selleri

    1. Department of English and Comparative Literature, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

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  2. Philip Gaydon

    1. Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

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  • Forges a cutting-edge interdisciplinary interaction between literature and philosophy
  • Dispenses with jargon, to encourage mutual comprehension
  • Features contributors from the fields of both philosophy and literature

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    • Andrea Selleri, Philip Gaydon
    Pages 1-14

  3. Interdisciplinary Interaction in Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. Criticism, Philosophy and the Differend

      • Catherine Belsey
      Pages 17-35

    3. The Discipline of Literary Studies

      • Stein Haugom Olsen
      Pages 37-64

    4. Analytic Philosophy of Literature: Problems and Prospects

      • Jukka Mikkonen
      Pages 65-80

  5. Using the Philosophy of Literature in Literary Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
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    2. Poetic Utterances: Attuning Poetry and Philosophy

      • Maximilian de Gaynesford
      Pages 151-167

    3. What Difference (If Any) Is There Between Reading as Fiction and Reading as Non-fiction?

      • Derek Matravers
      Pages 169-184

    4. The Opacity of Testimony; or, What the Philosophy of Literature Can Tell Us About How to Read Holocaust Narratives

      • Samuel O’Donoghue
      Pages 185-203

  6. Using Literary Studies in the Philosophy of Literature

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 205-205
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    2. Literary Examples in Analytic Aesthetics: The Claim of the Empirical

      • Andrea Selleri
      Pages 207-223

    3. What Do We Do with Words? Framing What Is at Stake in Dealing with Literature

      • Marianna Ginocchietti, Giulia Zanfabro
      Pages 225-242

    4. Electronic Literature and Its Departure from the Supremacy of the Author Function

      • Heiko Zimmermann
      Pages 243-266

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 267-290
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About this book

This book is about the interaction between literary studies and the philosophy of literature. It features essays from internationally renowned and emerging philosophers and literary scholars, challenging readers to join them in taking seriously the notion of interdisciplinary study and forging forward in new and exciting directions of thought.

It identifies that literary studies and the philosophy of literature address similar issues: What is literature? What is its value? Why do I care about characters? What is the role of the author in understanding a literary work? What is fiction as opposed to non-fiction? Yet, genuine, interdisciplinary interaction remains scarce. This collection seeks to overcome current obstacles and seek out new paths for exploration.


Reviews

“This is a lively and wide-ranging collection of essays exploring the “ancient antagonism” between the philosophers and the poets. Taken together, the chapters in this book enrich and extend the disciplinary ambit of  literary-philosophical conversation in thought-provoking and innovative ways.” (Carrol Clarkson, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of English and Comparative Literature, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

    Andrea Selleri

  • Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

    Philip Gaydon

About the editors

Andrea Selleri is Associate Fellow at the University of Warwick, UK, where he completed a PhD in English and Comparative Literary Studies. His work on Victorian intellectual history has appeared in various journals and he is currently writing a monograph on the idea of the author in nineteenth-century literary criticism.


Philip Gaydon is a PhD candidate at the University of Warwick, UK. His research focuses on nineteenth-century children’s literature and virtue epistemology. He is currently creating a teaching and learning handbook for the university, teaches on imagination and ethical development, facilitates Philosophy in primary schools, and coaches women’s American Football at university and international level.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Literary Studies and the Philosophy of Literature

  • Book Subtitle: New Interdisciplinary Directions

  • Editors: Andrea Selleri, Philip Gaydon

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33147-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-33146-1Published: 15 December 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81438-4Published: 04 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-33147-8Published: 01 December 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 290

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Literary Theory, Aesthetics, European Literature

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