Without Mastery: Reading and Other Forces Contributor(s): Wood, Sarah (Author) |
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ISBN: 0748669973 ISBN-13: 9780748669974 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory - Philosophy | Movements - Deconstruction |
Dewey: 801.95 |
Series: Frontiers of Theory |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 9.3" (1.05 lbs) 208 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Without Mastery engages the pleasures and rigours of reading, invoking Shakespeare's Weird Sisters, Plato's Lady Necessity, Freud, Derrida, Cixous, animals, angels, ghosts and children to explore our desire for mastery - especially the omnipotence of thoughts. Masterful thinking has brought the planet into environmental crisis. The acquiescence of reading, Wood shows, allows us to make contact with the unthinkable. Key Features:
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