Description: In readings that link works of Cervantes, Shakespeare, and Descartes with current debates in philosophy, psychoanalysis, and literary and cultural criticism, the author reassesses the grounds of literary and philosophical history as a materialist practice of eventful reading.
Review Quotes: "What one sees in Unspeakable Subjects is Jacques Lezra's uniquely personal conjugation of theoretical interests with the resisting pressures of history, literary history, and philology. I find no convenient label to describe his brand of reading, but I strongly suspect that he will be one of the critics who redefines and rehistoricizes literary theory in the coming decades. Lezra is, to my mind, one of the most gifted intellects of his generation of literary scholars."--Mary Malcolm Gaylord, Harvard University