Literature, Ethics, and Aesthetics Applied Deleuze and Guattari

A conceptualization of the literary aesthetic for a concern for the Self.Bringing Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari's constructivist thinking into a practical domain, Sabrina Achilles rethinks the ways in which literature is understood and taught.

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Literature, Ethics, and Aesthetics

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Literature, Ethics, and Aesthetics

Sabrina Achilles

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Applied Deleuze and Guattari

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LITERATURE, ETHICS, AND AESTHETICS

Copyright © Sabrina Achilles, 2012. All rights reserved.

Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–0–230–34089–3 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Achilles, Sabrina. Literature, ethics, and aesthetics : applied Deleuze and Guattari / Sabrina Achilles. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978–0–230–34089–3 (hardback) 1. Literature—Philosophy. 2. Constructivism (Philosophy) 3. Literature and ethics. I. Title. PN49.A24 2012 801—dc23

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For Steven Maras

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List of Illustrations

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Foreword Gregory Ulmer

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Acknowledgments

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Introduction: The Literary Function

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Being Constructivist

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Rethinking the Performative in