Tactile poetics : touch and contemporary writing /

The intimate links between the page and the skin have been explored by writers for centuries. Yet despite the current interest in the surface of the body, the relationship between touching and writing remains neglected. Drawing on new debates in deconstruction and psychoanalysis, this book provides...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jackson, Sarah, 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Touch in literature.
Literature, Modern > 20th century > History and criticism.
Human body in literature.
Psychology and literature.
Literature > Philosophy.
Toucher dans la littérature.
Littérature > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Corps humain dans la littérature.
Psychologie et littérature.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Human body in literature
Literature, Modern
Literature > Philosophy
Psychology and literature
Touch in literature
Körper
Literatur
Körperkontakt
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Each word of skin
  • Writing bodies: Hustvedt's textual skin
  • Expeausition: Ondaatje's skin-effects
  • The law of tact: Freud and H.D.
  • So Close: Writing that touches
  • Dis-tanz: 29 Tangos
  • Hand delivered From A to X
  • Digital technologies and prosthetic possibilities
  • Phantom Limbs: Bowen's 'Hand in Glove'.

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