Decomposing Figures - Rhetorical Readings in the Romantic Tradition

Chase's readings show that, far from implying a privileged status, the work's self-reflexive structure entails its opacity, its inability to read itself, and the necessity of its decomposition.

About the author

Cynthia Chase teaches in the Departments of English and Comparative Literature at Cornell University. Her focuses are on literature of the Romantic period and on nineteenth and twentieth century writing about the survival of poetry and the concept of human rights.

Summary

Chase's readings show that, far from implying a privileged status, the work's self-reflexive structure entails its opacity, its inability to read itself, and the necessity of its decomposition.

Product details

• Authors: Cynthia Chase, Chase Cynthia
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781421434094
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-3409-4
• No. of pages: 250
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Guides > Health; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Gothic & Romance, Literature: history & criticism, Literary theory, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers