From Platos dismissal of food as a distraction from thought to Kants relegation of the palate to the bottom of the hierarchy of the senses, the sense of taste has consistently been devalued by Western aesthetics. Kant is often invoked as evidence that philosophers consider taste as an inferior sense because it belongs to the realm of the private and the subjective and does not seem to be required in the development of higher types of knowledge. From a gastrosophical perspective, however, what Kant perceives as a limitation becomes a new field of enquiry that investigates the dialectics of...
From Platos dismissal of food as a distraction from thought to Kants relegation of the palate to the bottom of the hierarchy of the senses, the sense ...
"Excellent . . . the only critical book on prose poetry that not only provides a historical background for the prose poem in English, but also focuses on contemporary American prose poets."--Peter Johnson, Providence College The American prose poem has a rich history marked by important contributions from major writers. Michel Delville's book is the first full-length work to provide a critical and historical survey of the American prose poem from the early years of the 20th century to the 1990s. Delville reassesses the work of established prose poets in relation to the history of...
"Excellent . . . the only critical book on prose poetry that not only provides a historical background for the prose poem in English, but also focu...
Michel Delville has produced in this volume, the first book-length study of J.G. Ballard''s literary outp ut and commentaries on contemporary culture '
Michel Delville has produced in this volume, the first book-length study of J.G. Ballard''s literary outp ut and commentaries on contemporary culture ...
From Plato s dismissal of food as a distraction from thought to Kant s relegation of the palate to the bottom of the hierarchy of the senses, the sense of taste has consistently been devalued by Western aesthetics. Kant is often invoked as evidence that philosophers consider taste as an inferior sense because it belongs to the realm of the private and subjective and does not seem to be required in the development of higher types of knowledge. From a gastrosophical perspective, however, what Kant perceives as a limitation becomes a new field of enquiry that investigates the dialectics of...
From Plato s dismissal of food as a distraction from thought to Kant s relegation of the palate to the bottom of the hierarchy of the senses, the s...
What are the key issues in contemporary literary studies? What notion of 'history' is appropriate for today's study of 'modern' (post-1800) literature? How can we best understand the recent transition from theory to literary history? In 20 chapters, this book both probes and answers these questions, and more, emphasising the importance of literary history to current critical thinking. Literature Now provides a thought-provoking argument as well as an authoritative exploration of the key terms of literary studies. It will appeal to anyone who wants to epxlore theoretical issues from a...
What are the key issues in contemporary literary studies? What notion of 'history' is appropriate for today's study of 'modern' (post-1800) literature...
