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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing

ISBN-101474245412

ISBN-139781474245418

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Number of Pages240 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameModern Manuscripts : the Extended Mind and Creative Undoing from Darwin to Beckett and Beyond

SubjectGeneral, Semiotics & Theory, Books & Reading, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Science & Technology

Publication Year2015

TypeTextbook

AuthorDirk Van Hulle

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography

SeriesHistoricizing Modernism Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight15.9 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Reviews"Dirk van Hulle proves with admirable clarity that textual genesis has become the new science of literature, and that it works both ways, from scrutinized manuscripts to original re-readings of canonical works, and from their authors' progression in language to the laws of evolution governing creativity. His convincing remapping of modernism, from Darwin to Beckett via Conrad, Proust, Woolf, Joyce, Kafka and Flann O'Brien, definitely splices textual genetics with cognitive studies, thus rendering an invaluable service to literary studies in general." -- Jean-Michel Rabat, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, University of Pennsylvania, USA "This learned, detailed and fascinating study of 'creative undoing' mines the works of Darwin, Joyce, Woolf, and Beckett to explore the processes by which revisions, deletions and substitutions shape the work of art. It will be of interest to a broad range of readers, specialist and non-specialist alike." -- Dame Gillian Beer, DBE, King Edward VII Professor of English Literature and President, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, UK "Modern Manuscripts is an exemplary contribution to genetic criticism and textual studies." - Woolf Studies Annual 22, "Dirk van Hulle proves with admirable clarity that textual genesis has become the new science of literature, and that it works both ways, from scrutinized manuscripts to original re-readings of canonical works, and from their authors' progression in language to the laws of evolution governing creativity. His convincing remapping of modernism, from Darwin to Beckett via Conrad, Proust, Woolf, Joyce, Kafka and Flann O'Brien, definitely splices textual genetics with cognitive studies, thus rendering an invaluable service to literary studies in general." -- Jean-Michel Rabaté, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, University of Pennsylvania, USA "This learned, detailed and fascinating study of 'creative undoing' mines the works of Darwin, Joyce, Woolf, and Beckett to explore the processes by which revisions, deletions and substitutions shape the work of art. It will be of interest to a broad range of readers, specialist and non-specialist alike." -- Dame Gillian Beer, DBE, King Edward VII Professor of English Literature and President, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, UK "Modern Manuscripts is an exemplary contribution to genetic criticism and textual studies." - Woolf Studies Annual 22, Dirk van Hulle proves with admirable clarity that textual genesis has become the new science of literature, and that it works both ways, from scrutinized manuscripts to original re-readings of canonical works, and from their authors' progression in language to the laws of evolution governing creativity. His convincing remapping of modernism, from Darwin to Beckett via Conrad, Proust, Woolf, Joyce, Kafka and Flann O'Brien, definitely splices textual genetics with cognitive studies, thus rendering an invaluable service to literary studies in general., This learned, detailed and fascinating study of 'creative undoing' mines the works of Darwin, Joyce, Woolf, and Beckett to explore the processes by which revisions, deletions and substitutions shape the work of art. It will be of interest to a broad range of readers, specialist and non-specialist alike., "Dirk van Hulle proves with admirable clarity that textual genesis has become the new science of literature, and that it works both ways, from scrutinized manuscripts to original re-readings of canonical works, and from their authors' progression in language to the laws of evolution governing creativity. His convincing remapping of modernism, from Darwin to Beckett via Conrad, Proust, Woolf, Joyce, Kafka and Flann O'Brien, definitely splices textual genetics with cognitive studies, thus rendering an invaluable service to literary studies in general." -- Jean-Michel Rabaté, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, University of Pennsylvania, USA "This learned, detailed and fascinating study of 'creative undoing' mines the works of Darwin, Joyce, Woolf, and Beckett to explore the processes by which revisions, deletions and substitutions shape the work of art. It will be of interest to a broad range of readers, specialist and non-specialist alike." -- Dame Gillian Beer, DBE, King Edward VII Professor of English Literature and President, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, UK

Dewey Edition23

Series Volume Number1

Dewey Decimal820.9

Table Of Content1. 'Avante-Texte': the Golden Age of Modern Manuscripts \ 2. Exogenetics: Observation, Documentation and External Source Texts \ 3. Endogenetics: the Preservation of Unfavoured Traces \ 4. Epigenetics: the Continuation of the Genesis After Publication \ 5. 'Apres-Texte': Between Completion and Incompletion \ Bibliography \ Index.

SynopsisThe twentieth century has been called 'the golden age of the modern manuscript, ' a time when the historical value of early manuscripts as a record of a writer's thought processes came to be fully recognized. Drawing on the critical tools of French genetic criticism, Modern Manuscripts explores the development of early 20th century literary texts, from source texts and early notes, through successive draft manuscripts to publication and successive editions. Historicizing these modernist processes of writing, Dirk Van Hulle contrasts these twentieth century manuscripts with the development of Charles Darwin's text for On the Origin of Species , itself a formative intellectual influence on modern writing. Exploring the writings of such writers as Joyce, Woolf and Beckett, this is an important study that will open up new avenues of thought for scholars of Modernist literature, material culture and book history, The twentieth century has been called 'the golden age of the modern manuscript,' a time when the historical value of early manuscripts as a record of a writer's thought processes came to be fully recognized. Drawing on the critical tools of French genetic criticism, Modern Manuscripts explores the development of early 20th century literary texts, from source texts and early notes, through successive draft manuscripts to publication and successive editions. Historicizing these modernist processes of writing, Dirk Van Hulle contrasts these twentieth century manuscripts with the development of Charles Darwin's text for On the Origin of Species , itself a formative intellectual influence on modern writing. Exploring the writings of such writers as Joyce, Woolf and Beckett, this is an important study that will open up new avenues of thought for scholars of Modernist literature, material culture and book history., The twentieth century has been called 'the golden age of the modern manuscript, ' a time when the historical value of early manuscripts as a record of a writer's thought processes came to be fully recognized. Drawing on the critical tools of French genetic criticism, Modern Manuscripts explores the development of early 20th century literary texts, from source texts and early notes, through successive draft manuscripts to publication and successive editions. Historicizing these modernist processes of writing, Dirk Van Hulle contrasts these twentieth century manuscripts with the development of Charles Darwin's text for On the Origin of Species , itself a formative intellectual influence on modern writing. Exploring the writings of such writers as Joyce, Woolf and Beckett, this is an important study that will open up new avenues of thought for scholars of Modernist literature, material culture and book history.

LC Classification NumberPR65.T48H85 2015