Title: Estrangement and the somatics of literature
First published: 2008
Description: "Drawing together the estrangement theories of Viktor Shklovsky and Bertolt Brecht with Leo Tolstoy's theory of infection, Douglas Robinson studies the ways in which shared evaluative affect regulates both literary familiarity-convention and tradition-and modern strategies of alienation, depersonalization, and malaise." "Both a comparative study of Russian and German literary-theoretical history and an examination of the somatics of literature, this work provides a deeper understanding of how literature affects the reader and offers a new perspective on present-day problems in poststructuralist approaches to the human condition."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation, Criticism, History, Alienation (Social psychology) in literature, Alienation (social psychology), Psychology in literature, American literature, history and criticism, 19th century, Criticism, germany, Russian literature, history and criticism, German literature, history and criticism, Tolstoy, leo, graf, 1828-1910, Brecht, bertolt, 1898-1956
Places: Russia (Federation), Germany
People: Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956), Leo Tolstoy graf (1828-1910), Viktor Shklovskiĭ (1893-1984)
Time periods: 19th century
LC classification: PN56.A45 R63 2008