Orbital Poetics: Literature, Theory, World by Dr Philip Leonard (English) Paperb

Description: Orbital Poetics by Dr Philip Leonard This book is open access and available on It is funded by Nottingham Trent University.What do we mean when we talk of world literature? What does a global, even a planetary view reveal to us about literature, culture and being?In Orbital Poetics Philip Leonard explores conceptions of the world through the history of writing, theory and culture from an orbital perspective. Starting with literary and theoretical writing on satellites, orbit and terrestrial ground from the ancient world to the 21st century, the book casts a revealing new light on what it means to consider literature and culture on a global scale. Along the way, Leonard draws on a wide range of thinkers, writers and texts: from Dante and Goethe to contemporary electronic literature; Haruki Murakami and Tom McCarthy by way of philosophers and theorists including Agamben, Derrida and Heidegger; as well as astronaut photography and popular culture texts, such as novels by Buzz Aldrin and Tess Gerritsen and Alfonso Cuaróns film Gravity. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Philip Leonard is Professor of Literature and Theory at Nottingham Trent University, UK. He is the author of Literature After Globalization: Textuality, Technology and the Nation State (Bloomsbury, 2013). Table of Contents AcknowledgementsChapter 1: November 20th, 1998: dawnPart I: World literature in orbitChapter 2: Dante in spaceChapter 3: What counts as literature?Part II: A literature of the ultramundaneChapter 4: The space of electronic literatureChapter 5: Global catastrophePart III: Being-in-orbitChapter 6: Kosmotheoros in tearsChapter 7: A machine, fallen from the skyBibliographyIndex Review A fascinating book. It definitely does what a good academic book should do: it opens new horizons and provokes thinking. [Leonards] erudite and philosophical exposition of the interplay between literature and orbit is an ingenious contribution to the debate on literature from the "global" perspective. * World Literature Studies * Promotional Drawing on a wide range of literature and theory from Dante to Bernard Stiegler, this is an important intervention in debates about reading literature and culture on a global and planetary scale. Review Quote "A fascinating book. It definitely does what a good academic book should do: it opens new horizons and provokes thinking. [Leonards] erudite and philosophical exposition of the interplay between literature and orbit is an ingenious contribution to the debate on literature from the "global" perspective." -- World Literature Studies Promotional "Headline" Drawing on a wide range of literature and theory from Dante to Bernard Stiegler, this is an important intervention in debates about reading literature and culture on a global and planetary scale. Feature Landmark exploration of concepts of "the global" in theory, culture and literature from the ancient world to the present Details ISBN1350178160 Pages 216 Series Criminal Practice Series Year 2020 ISBN-10 1350178160 ISBN-13 9781350178168 Publication Date 2020-07-23 Short Title Orbital Poetics Language English Format Paperback Imprint Bloomsbury Academic Subtitle Literature, Theory, World DEWEY 809 Author Dr Philip Leonard UK Release Date 2020-07-23 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 2020-07-23 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2020-07-22 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:128975133;

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