One of the most contentious questions in contemporary literary studies is whether there can ever be a science of literature that can lay claim to objectivity and universality, for example by concentrating on philological criticism, by appealing to cognitive science, or by exposing the underlying media of literary communication.
The present collection of essays seeks to open up this discussion by posing the question's historical and systematic double: has there been a science of literature, i.e. a mode of presentation and practice of reference in science that owes...
One of the most contentious questions in contemporary literary studies is whether there can ever be a science of literature that can lay c...
The genealogy and function of epigenesis-the theory that organisms generate themselves under the guidance of a formative drive-provides a unique means of understanding the profound changes in philosophy, philosophy of language, and literature at the turn of the nineteenth century. The book begins by describing how and why epigenesis came to replace the reigning model of biological origination, preformation-the theory that all organisms were preformed at the creation of the world. Contemporary with these developments, Kant used the figures of epigenesis and self-formation to illustrate his...
The genealogy and function of epigenesis-the theory that organisms generate themselves under the guidance of a formative drive-provides a unique means...
