The Direction of Literary Theory
An initial proposition is made that literary theory is divided into two broad, antithetical camps - one where the focus is purely textual, the other where the focus is on context. Section One is devoted to resolving this central dichotomy by examining iss
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Acknowledgements 1.
Introduction
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Part I 2.
Making the Author Function: The Wives of Thomas Pynchon and Paul de Man
21
'Murder Case Man's "Threat" to Shoot Teddy Bears': Intention in Literary Theory
36
4.
Well and Truly Fact: Postmodernism and History
59
5.
About Value
82
3.
Part II 6.
Thanks for the Theory
107
7.
Alterity: Martin Buber's 'I-Thou' in Literature and the Arts
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Impossibility Fiction? IF Only...
135
9.
Despair, Enchantment, Prayer: A Conclusion
150
Appendix: 'Impossibility Fiction' Conference - call for papers
160
Notes and References
162
Bibliography
173
Index
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