Practices of Surprise in American Literature After Emerson
(Part of the Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture Series)
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Practices of Surprise in American Literature After Emerson locates a paradoxical question - how does one prepare to be surprised? - at the heart of several major modernist texts. Arguing that this paradox of perception gives rise to an American literary methodology, this book dramatically reframes how practices of reading and writing evolved among modernist authors after Emerson. Whereas Walter Benjamin defines modernity as a 'series of shocks' inflicted...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1108426875
ISBN13:9781108426879
Release Date:August 2018
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:254 Pages
Weight:1.09 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.4" x 9.2"
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