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Category: Literary Theory

Modernism and Concealed Surfaces

“Profundity must be concealed. Where? On the surface.” Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874-1929), an Austrian modernist writer, is … More

Ben Hutchinson, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, modernism, painting, Robert Vilain, TLS

Jamesian

“You after all then now don’t?” Henry James (The Sacred Fount). Henry James (1843-1916) is notorious for writing things like … More

Henry James, literary theory, novel, The Sacred Fount

Brooks and Poetic Language

“But the poet has no one term. Even if he had a polysyllabic technical term, the term would not provide … More

ambiguity, Cleanth Brooks, connotation, literary theory, paradox, poetic language, poetry, tension

Blanchot and Poverty

What is irritating about poverty is that it is visible, and anyone who sees it thinks: You see, I’m being … More

Jacques Derrida, loaded question, Maurice Blanchot, poverty

Showing and Telling

You can hold a mimetic theory of the novel if you believe the narrational methods of fiction to resemble those … More

David Bordwell, diegetic, film theory, mimetic, narration, novel, painting

Earliest Tweets

Since I’ve removed the “Of Tweets” menu tab, I’ve included below some of my earliest tweets and their sources. Unlike … More

Edward Branigan, film theory, Jacques Derrida, Jesper Svenbro, literary theory, narration, unconscious

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