{"product_id":"9781623564117","title":"Leo Bersani A Speculative Introduction","description":"\u003ch1\u003eLeo Bersani\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Speculative Introduction\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMikko Tuhkanen\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Semiotics \u0026amp; Theory\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the past 60 years, Leo Bersani has inspired, resisted, guided, and challenged scholarly work in the fields of literary criticism, queer theory, cultural studies, psychoanalytic theory, and film and visual studies. Moving across an impressive range of sources, Mikko Tuhkanen seeks out the “fundamental notes”-the questions that we find and refind-in Bersani's extensive oeuvre across the decades.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe chapters explore Bersani's engagement with psychoanalytic theory (Freud, Laplanche, Klein, Lacan), French and American modernist fiction (Proust, Baudelaire, Mallarmé, James, Beckett), poststructuralist theory (Derrida, Foucault, Deleuze, Guattari, Blanchot), queer theory (Butler, Edelman), and the visual arts (Caravaggio, Almodóvar, Pasolini, Malick, Dumont). This first introduction to Bersani's work provides a chronological overview of his thought and details his contributions to literary studies and critical theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMikko Tuhkanen\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English at Texas A\u0026amp;M University, USA. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Essentialist Villain: On Leo Bersani\u003c\/i\u003e (2018) and \u003ci\u003eThe American Optic: Psychoanalysis, Critical Race Theory, and Richard Wright\u003c\/i\u003e (2009). He is also the editor of \u003ci\u003eLeo Bersani: Queer Theory and Beyond\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), as well as the co-editor, with E. L. McCallum, of \u003ci\u003eQueer Times, Queer Becomings\u003c\/i\u003e (2011) and \u003ci\u003eThe Cambridge History of Gay and Lesbian Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (2014).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12 November 2020\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781623564117\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e344\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19.2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331830349964,"sku":"9781623564117","price":117.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_475c04d0-cc8b-4d65-8a82-626c1202e40a.jpg?v=1783599312","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781623564117","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}