A01=Scarlett Baron
Ascetic Ideal
Author_Scarlett Baron
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contemporary criticism
cultural paradigm shifts
Culture
Die Deutsche Sprache
Differential Entities
Ecce Homo
Emerson Remark
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Freud's theories
Gay Science
Genealogy
General Linguistics
Generative Grammar
Human Self-conceptions
Intentional Stance
Intertextual Theory
Intertextuality
Intransitive Verb
literary creativity
literary theory
Literature
Moscow Linguistic Circle
Mystic Writing Pad
origins of intertextuality concept
Postulated Author
Prague Linguistic Circle
psychoanalytic criticism
Referential Fallacy
Research
Russian Formalism
Scientistic Tenor
Spoke Zarathustra
structuralism
structuralist linguistics
Tel Quel
Text Reuse
textual analysis
Twentieth Century Literary Theory
Uncreative Writing
Vladimir Nabokov
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780415899048
- Weight: 1490g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 08 Nov 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Why was the term ‘intertextuality’ coined? Why did its first theorists feel the need to replace or complement those terms – of quotation, allusion, echo, reference, influence, imitation, parody, pastiche, among others – which had previously seemed adequate and sufficient to the description of literary relations? Why, especially in view of the fact that it is still met with resistance, did the new concept achieve such popularity so fast? Why has it retained its currency in spite of its inherent paradoxes? Since 1966, when Kristeva defined every text as a ‘mosaic of quotations’, ‘intertextuality’ has become an all-pervasive catchword in literature and other humanities departments; yet the notion, as commonly used, remains nebulous to the point of meaninglessness. This book seeks to shed light on this thought-provoking but treacherously polyvalent concept by tracing the theory’s core ideas and emblematic images to paradigm shifts in the fields of science, philosophy, psychoanalysis, and linguistics, focusing on the shaping roles of Darwin, Nietzsche, Freud, Saussure, and Bakhtin. In so doing, it elucidates the meaning of one of the most frequently used terms in contemporary criticism, thereby providing a much-needed foundation for clearer discussions of literary relations across the discipline and beyond.
Scarlett Baron is Associate Professor of Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Literature at University College London.
