Description: This forward-thinking, non-traditional reference work uniquely maps out how new developments in 21st century philosophy are entering into dialogue with the study of literature. Going beyond the familiar methods of analytic philosophy, and with a breadth greater than traditional literary theory, this collection looks at the profound consequences of the interaction between philosophy and literature for questions of ethics, politics, subjectivity, materiality, reality and the nature of the contemporary itself.
Brief description: David Rudrum is a Senior Lecturer in Literature at the University of Huddersfield. He is the author of Stanley Cavell and the Claim of Literature (Johns Hopkins, 2013). He is co-editor of Supplanting the Postmodern (Bloomsbury, 2015), Literature and Philosophy: A Guide to Contemporary Debates (Palgrave, 2006).
Review Quotes: This collection definitively demonstrates, from a wide range of philosophical traditions and international perspectives, that the so-called 'death of theory' has been greatly exaggerated. New Directions in Philosophy and Literature offers us just that - bold new ways to think about the ancient quarrel between the poets and the philosophers. Highly recommended.-- "Jeffrey T. Nealon, Penn State University"