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Practices of surprise in American literature after Emerson
- Title
- Practices of surprise in American literature after Emerson / Kate Stanley.
- Author
- Stanley, Kate, 1980-
- Publication
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
- ©2018
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Details
- Description
- xi, 241 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Practices of Surprise in American Literature after Emerson locates a paradoxical question -- how does one prepare to be surprised? -- at the heart of several major modernist texts. Arguing that this paradox of perception gives rise to an American literary methodology, this book dramatically reframes how practices of reading and writing evolved among modernist authors after Emerson. Whereas Walter Benjamin defines modernity as a "series of shocks" inflicted from without, Emerson offers a countervailing optic that regards life as a "series of surprises" unfolding from within. While Benjaminian shock elicits intimidation and defensiveness, Emersonian surprise fosters states of responsiveness and spontaneity whereby unexpected encounters become generative rather than enervating.
- Series Statement
- Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 180
- Uniform Title
- Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 180.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-400
- ISBN
- 1108426875
- 9781108426879
- OCLC
- 1022077507
- Author
- Stanley, Kate, 1980- author.
- Title
- Practices of surprise in American literature after Emerson / Kate Stanley.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 180Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 180.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Other Form:
- ebook version : 9781108658171
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-400