Figural space semiotics and the aesthetic imaginary

Figural space semiotics and the aesthetic imaginary

"This study provides a philosophical overview of select classics of Renaissance to contemporary literature to show how the notion of figural space is crucial to assessing the ethical and political aspects of literary study"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Melaney, William D., 1953-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham Rowman & Littlefield, [2021]
Series:	Global aesthetic research
Subjects:	English literature > History and criticism > Theory, etc. Literature > Philosophy. Literature > Aesthetics. Semiotics and literature. English literature > Theory, etc. EBSCO eBooks Criticism, interpretation, etc. Electronic books.
Online Access:	EBSCOhost Перейти в каталог НБ ТГУ

Table of Contents:

Introduction: An opening of figural space
Kristeva and Hegel : subjectivity reconfigured
Spenser's Renaissance : ideality and discourse
Image in Wordsworth : space-time and semiotics
Shelley's double vision : figural counter-worlds
Proust and aesthetics : a narrative sensibility
Space in Blanchot : Orphic testimonies
Revisiting Jean Rhys : postcolonial aesthetics
Ishiguro's imaginary : figures of history
Conclusion: Negotiating the figural.