Rancière and Literature (Critical Connections)

These 13 essays consolidate and critique Rancière's work on literature, from his archival investigations of the literary efforts of 19th-century workers to his engagements with specific novelists and poets, and from his concept of 'literarity' to his central positioning of the novel in his account of the three 'regimes' of literary practice. Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgements......Page 8 Notes on Contributors......Page 9 Introduction: Rancière and Literature......Page 14 I Coordinates......Page 36 1. Fictions of Time......Page 38 2. Jacques Rancière in the Forest of Signs: Indiscipline, Figurality and Translation......Page 55 3. Rancière and Tragedy......Page 71 4. Rancière Lost: On John Milton and Aesthetics......Page 89 5. ‘A New Mode of the Existence of Truth’: Rancière and the Beginnings of Modernity 1780–1830......Page 112 II Realisms......Page 136 6. The Novelist and Her Poor: Nineteenth-Century Character Dynamics......Page 138 7. ‘Broiled in Hell-fire’: Melville, Rancière and the Heresy of Literarity......Page 156 8. Why Maggie Tulliver Had To Be Killed......Page 177 9. The Meaning in the Detail: Literature and the Detritus of the Nineteenth Century in Jacques Rancière and Walter Benjamin......Page 196 III Contemporaneities......Page 218 10. Ineluctable Modality of the Sensible: Poverty and Form in Ulysses......Page 220 11. The Politics of Realism in Rancière and Houellebecq......Page 239 12. Literature, Politics and Action......Page 262 Index......Page 282 Section I : Coordinates. Fictions Of Time / Jacques Rancière -- Jacques Rancière In The Forest Of Signs : Indiscipline, Figurality And Translation / Eric Méchoulan -- Rancière And Tragedy / Oliver Feltham -- Rancière Lost : On John Milton And Aesthetics / Justin Clemens -- 'a New Mode Of The Existence Of Truth' : Rancière And The Beginnings Of Modernity 1780-1830 / Andrew Gibson -- -- Section Ii : Realisms. The Novelist And Her Poor : Nineteenth-century Character Dynamics / Elaine Freedgood -- 'broiled In Hell-fire' : Melville, Rancière And The Heresy Of Literarity / Grace Hellyer -- Why Maggie Tulliver Had To Be Killed / Emily Steinlight -- The Meaning In The Detail : Literature And The Detritus Of The Nineteenth Century In Jacques Rancière And Walter Benjamin / Alison Ross -- -- Section Iii. Contemporaneities. Ineluctable Modality Of The Sensible : Poverty And Form In Ulysses / Julian Murphet -- The Politics Of Realism In Rancière And Houellebecq / Arne De Boever -- Literature, Politics And Action / Bert Olivier. Edited By Grace Hellyer And Julian Murphet. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. These 13 essays consolidate and critique Ranciere's work on literature, from his archival investigations of the literary efforts of 19th-century workers to his engagements with specific novelists and poets, and from his concept of 'literarity' to his central positioning of the novel in his account of the three 'regimes' of literary practice.