Contemporary Narrative and the Spectrum of Materiality

by Marco Caracciolo

How do physical things differ from non-things--human subjects, animals, abstract ideas, or processes? Those questions, which are as old as philosophy itself, have inspired contemporary debates in ecocriticism, thing theory, and in the interdisciplinary field of new materialism. This book argues that contemporary narrative is well placed to map out and work through the spectrum of the material and the philosophical questions that underlie it. This...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3111141497
• ISBN13: 9783111141497
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 219 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary