Modernism and Affect - Hardcover

Julie Taylor

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0748693254 ISBN 13: 9780748693252

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2015

Synopsis

This title reconsiders Modernism in the light of theory's 'affective turn'. This book addresses an under researched area of modernist studies, reconsidering modernist attitudes towards feeling in the light of the humanities' turn to affect. The 11 original chapters and chapter length introduction consider the affective dimensions of a range of forms and media - including literature, architecture, philosophy, dance, visual art, and design - tracing modernism from its origins in the 19th century to its afterlives in the postwar period. Modernism and Affect engages with contemporary theories of affect but also turns to a surprisingly wide range of theoretical models - including psychoanalysis, phenomenology, critical theory and poststructuralism - as it emphasises the complexities of modernist affect and emotion. It presents 11 original essays by international scholars exploring the relationships between modernism and affect. It offers multi and interdisciplinary approach to modernist studies. It challenges the assumption that modernism is marked by a lack of interest in the emotions. It outlines influential theories of affect for scholars and students of modernist studies.

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Review:

This volume offers a lively, provocative, state-of-the-art contribution to modernism and affect theory. While the focus on canonical authors such as Joyce and Woolf will appeal to students, the volume opens up new perspectives on modernist writing by engaging with visual arts, as well as by attending to the dynamics of affect. --Randy L. and Melvin R. Berlin Professor of the Development of the Novel in English, Maud Ellamnn, University of Chicago

Modernism and Affect successfully stages an impressive array of thought provoking encounters between modernism and affect. The collection will be of particular interest to those scholars and students of modernism who have been curious about the 'affective turn' but have yet to delve deeply into it, or for those looking for models of 'how to' read literature through an affective lens Ultimately, Modernism and Affect makes a compelling contribution, offering fresh provocation and insight into modernist studies by placing affect at the heart of modernism. --Wendy J. Truran, Textual Practice

About the Author:

Julie Taylor is lecturer in American Studies/Literature at the University of Northumbria at Newcastle.

About this edition

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0748693254
• ISBN 13: 9780748693252
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Julie Taylor