A01=Tim Beasley-Murray
academic humanities
Author_Tim Beasley-Murray
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ethics
games
literary studies
literary theory
philosophy
play
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seriousness
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Product details
- ISBN 9781526177773
- Weight: 557g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 17 Jun 2025
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Critical Games is about the games we play (whether we know it or not), the ways we play them (for fun, but also to win, and to gain approval from others), and what happens when they get out of hand. The book interrogates the theory of play and gaming, with a particular focus on the games played by literary authors and literary critics. Drawing on (often self-critical) autobiography, as well as readings in texts across a range of languages, Tim Beasley-Murray plays with academic conventions to highlight what is at stake in them, turning to the Game of Literature, from Kafka to Carrère, to seek models and warnings of the outcomes of taking games too seriously, or not taking them seriously enough.
Tim Beasley-Murray is Associate Professor of European Thought and Culture at University College London
