The Hand at Work - The Poetics of Poiesis in the Russian Avant-Garde

Focusing on the gestures of giving, touching, showing and handcrafting, this study examines key scenes of tactile interaction between subject and artifact. The readings of this book call for a revision of an optically obscured aesthetics and poetics to include haptic experience as an often overlooked but pivotal part of the making as well as the perception of literature and the arts.

About the author

Susanne Strätling teaches comparative literature with a special focus on East European literatures at Freie Universität Berlin. Her research spans from Baroque aesthetics to contemporary media with a special focus on the poetics of the Russian avant-garde.

Summary

Focusing on the gestures of giving, touching, showing and handcrafting, this study examines key scenes of tactile interaction between subject and artifact. The readings of this book call for a revision of an optically obscured aesthetics and poetics to include haptic experience as an often overlooked but pivotal part of the making as well as the perception of literature and the arts.

Product details

• Authors: Susanne Strätling
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.12.2021
• EAN: 9781644697078
• ISBN: 978-1-64469-707-8
• No. of pages: 348
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Russia, Literary theory, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000