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Tactile poetics touch and contemporary writing

Title
Tactile poetics [electronic resource] : touch and contemporary writing / Sarah Jackson.
Author
Jackson, Sarah, 1977-
Publication
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2015]

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Description
1 online resource (165 pages) : illustrations.
Summary
This text conceptualizes the relationship between touching and writing through a theory of 'tactile poetics'; it offers an analysis of a range of literary genres; examines writings on touch by Anzieu, Cixous, Derrida, Freud and Nancy; and explores the intersections between creative and critical thinking and writing.
Uniform Title
Tactile poetics (Online)
Alternative Title
  • Tactile poetics (Online)
  • Touch and contemporary writing
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • Literature, Modern > 20th century > History and criticism
  • Touch in literature
  • Human body in literature
  • Psychology and literature
  • Literature > Philosophy
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 150-160) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction: Each word of skin -- Writing bodies: Hustvedt's textual skin -- Expeausition: Ondaatje's skin-effects -- The law of tact: Freud and H.D. -- So Close: Writing that touches -- Dis-tanz: 29 Tangos -- Hand delivered From A to X -- Digital technologies and prosthetic possibilities -- Phantom Limbs: Bowen's 'Hand in Glove'.
LCCN
2015374773
OCLC
ssj0001912599
Author
Jackson, Sarah, 1977-
Title
Tactile poetics [electronic resource] : touch and contemporary writing / Sarah Jackson.
Imprint
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2015]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 150-160) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Chronological Term
1900-1999
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