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OverviewThe essays brought together in this book understand phobia not as a pathology, but as a versatile moral, political, and aesthetic resource – and one with a history. They demonstrate that enquiry into strong feelings of aversion has enabled writers and film-makers to say and show things they could not otherwise have said or shown; and in this way to get profoundly and provocatively to grips with the modern condition. Makes extensive reference to original readings of a wide range of literary texts and films, from the 1850s to the present Places a strong emphasis on the value phobia has held, in particular, for women activists, writers, and film-makers Discusses a range of writers and film-makers from Dickens, Thackeray, and George Eliot through Hardy, Joyce, Ford and Woolf; from Jean Renoir through Hitchcock and Truffaut to Margarethe von Trotta and Pedro Almodóvar Intervention in key debates in cultural theory and cultural history Full Product DetailsAuthor: David Trotter (University of Cambridge, UK)Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell Dimensions: Width: 14.70cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.60cm Weight: 0.318kg ISBN: 9781444333848ISBN 10: 1444333844 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 11 June 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationDavid Trotter is King Edward VII Professor of English Literature at the University of Cambridge. He was co-founder of the Cambridge Screen Media Group, and has published extensively on nineteenth- and twentieth-century British and American literature. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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