Literature And Materialisms (literature And Contemporary Thought)

Literature and Materialisms Literature and Materialisms sheds light on the current new wave of materialisms and assesses the impact on literary theory and criticism. It maps the similarities and differences between speculative realism, objectoriented philosophy, and vitalism. A genealogy of materialisms, vitalisms, empiricisms, and realist approaches – from Heraclitus to Badiou, including Lucretius, Spinoza, Marx, Althusser, Barad, Spivak, Deleuze, Bennett, Harman, and other contemporary thinkers – puts these new trends into perspective. This book investigates the relations between literature – from Marquis de Sade to objectivist poetry – and materialism and analyses the material aspects of literature, its structure and texture, its commodification and its capacity to resist market imperatives. It explores how literary style might be understood as a mediation between the ‘immaterial’ and the concrete features of a text. This volume provides students and academics with an accessible overview of the study of literature and materialism. Frédéric Neyrat is Associate Professor and Mellon-Morgridge Professor of Planetary Humanities in the English department of UW-Madison, (USA). Literature and Contemporary Thought Literature and Contemporary Thought is an interdisciplinary series providing new perspectives and cutting edge thought on the study of Literature and topics such as Animal Studies, Disability Studies and Digital Humanities. Each title includes chapters on:
why the topic is relevant, interesting and important at this moment and how it relates to contemporary debates
the background of and a brief introduction to the particular area of study the book is intended to cover
when this area of study became relevant to literature, how the relationship between the two areas was initially perceived and how it evolved Edited by Ursula Heise and Guillermina De Ferrari this series will be invaluable to students and academics alike as they approach the interdisciplinary study of Literature. Available in this series: Literature and Food Studies Amy L. Tigner and Allison Carruth Literature and Law Mark Fortier Literature and the World Stefan Helgesson and Mads Rosendahl Thompson Literature and Materialism Frédéric Neyrat Literature and Social Media Bronwen Thomas Literature and Materialisms Frédéric Neyrat First published 2020 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2020 Frédéric Neyrat The right of Frédéric Neyrat to be identified as author[/s] of this work has been asserted by him/her/them in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Neyrat, Frédéric, 1968- author. Title: Literature and materialisms / Frédéric Neyrat. Description: New York : Routledge, 2020. | Series: Literature and contemporary thought | Includes bibliographical references and index. |Contents: Introduction: The Disconcerting Materiality of Literature -- Materialism and Belief: On Religion and Politics -- Materialism and Economics: On Marxism, Ideology, and Culture --Materialism and Subject: