Policing Literary Theory

Policing Literary Theory is an exploration of the complex relationship between literature/literary theory and police/policing.

About the author

Călin-Andrei Mihăilescu, Ph.D. (1956), is Professor of Comparative Literature, Critical Theory and Hispanic Studies at Western University (London, Canada), and a tetra-lingual writer (of academic writings spanning a number of disciplines, of prose, poetry, essay, children stories, etc.). His recent volumes include Happy New Fear! (Bucharest, 2011), "Literary Theory and the Sciences" (ed.; Neohelicon 41.2, 2014), and Matei Călinescu Festschrift (ed., Yearbook of Comparative Literature 59, 2016). His forthcoming books include Deunamor, Afka and Other Positions, An Astrocentric World, Poezoo and One per Year.

Takayuki Yokota-Murakami, Ph.D. (1959), Osaka University, is Associate Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature at that university. He has published monographs, translations and many articles on Russian and Japanese literature, including Don Juan East/West: On the Problematics of Comparative Literature (SUNY P, 1998) and Futabatei Shimei (Kyoto: Minerva shobo, 2016). He is currently working on a book on the concept of "mother-tongue" in literature and literary criticism.

Product details

• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.01.2018
• EAN: 9789004358508
• ISBN: 978-90-04-35850-8
• No. of pages: 228
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 239 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: Textxet: Studies in Comparativ
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education