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Bewilderments of Vision: Hallucination and Literature, 1880-1914
Oliver Tearle
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Hardback. According to Oscar Wilde, 'the primary aim of the critic is to see the object as in itself it really is not'. Through a series of close and often unusual readings, this book endeavours to develop Wilde's remark into a detailed and creative theory of reading. It focuses on a series of neologisms from writing of the period. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
According to Oscar Wilde, the primary aim of the critic is to see the object as in itself it really is not'. Through a series of close and often unusual readings, this book endeavours to develop Wilde's remark into a detailed and creative theory of reading. Or perhaps that should be misreading: for, as this experimental work of criticism negotiates its way among the works of a number of late-nineteenth-century writers, particularly Robert Louis Stevenson and Wilde himself, Tearle uncovers some of the ways in which we as readers are prone to hallucinations while reading about, of all things, the ... Read more
According to Oscar Wilde, the primary aim of the critic is to see the object as in itself it really is not'. Through a series of close and often unusual readings, this book endeavours to develop Wilde's remark into a detailed and creative theory of reading. Or perhaps that should be misreading: for, as this experimental work of criticism negotiates its way among the works of a number of late-nineteenth-century writers, particularly Robert Louis Stevenson and Wilde himself, Tearle uncovers some of the ways in which we as readers are prone to hallucinations while reading about, of all things, the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
449g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845192945
SKU
V9781845192945
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About Oliver Tearle
Oliver Tearle is a research student at Loughborough University. He has been published in such journals as Notes and Queries and the Modern Language Review, and has contributed to the online Literary Encyclopedia. Future projects include the co-editing (with John Schad) of a volume of creative-critical essays as part of the Critical Inventions series published by Sussex Academic Press (full ... Read more
Reviews for Bewilderments of Vision: Hallucination and Literature, 1880-1914
"Oliver Tearles book is based on close readings of the texts, and makes abundant references to contemporary thinkers and novelists, and to the criticism on Gothic fiction. It gives a good idea of what Gothic writing strategies are." - Nathalie Saudo-Welby, Universite de Picardie-Jules-Verne (Amiens), Cercles: Revue Pluridisciplinaire Du Monde Anglophone