Stanley Cavell and literary studies

Continuum

2011

xii, 275 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index

9781441129451

Introduction: Cavell, literary studies, and the human subject: consequences of skepticism / Richard Eldridge and Bernard Rhie -- The adventure of reading: literature and philosophy, Cavell and Beauvoir / Toril Moi -- "Is 'us' me?": Cultural studies and the universality of aesthetic judgments / R.M. Berry -- Cavell and Kant: the work of criticism and the work of art / Anthony J. Cascardi -- Cavell and Wittgenstein on morality: the limits of acknowledgment / Charles Altieri -- The word viewed: skepticism degree zero / Garrett Stewart -- A storied world: on meeting and being met / Naomi Scheman -- Skepticism and the idea of an other: reflections on Cavell and postcolonialism / Simona Bertacco and John Gibson -- William Shakespeare and Stanley Cavell: acknowledging, confessing, and tragedy / Sarah Beckwith -- Competing for the soul: Cavell on Shakespeare / Lawrence F. Rhu -- "Communicating with objects": romanticism, skepticism, and "the specter of animism" in Cavell and Wordsworth / Joshua Wilner -- Emerson discomposed: skepticism, naturalism, and the search for criteria in "experience" / Paul Grimstad -- Beside ourselves: near, neighboring, and next-to in Cavell's The senses of Walden and William Carlos Williams's "Fine work with pitch and copper" / Elisa New -- For all you know / Andrew H. Miller -- Empiricism, exhaustion, and meaning what we say: Cavell and contemporary fiction / Robert Chodat

"A groundbreaking and timely collection that draws out the full implications of Stanley Cavell's writings and ideas for literary studies"-- Provided by publisher

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