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(In)fusion Approach

Theory, Contestation, Limits

Ranjan Ghosh (Anthology Editor) , Vikram Chandra (Contributor) , J Hillis Miller (Contributor) , Gayatri Chakravorty (Contributor) , Ben Baer (Contributor) , Homi Bhabha (Contributor) ,
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(In)fusion Approach

Theory, Contestation, Limits

Ranjan Ghosh (Anthology Editor) , Vikram Chandra (Contributor) , J Hillis Miller (Contributor) , Gayatri Chakravorty (Contributor) , Ben Baer (Contributor) , Homi Bhabha (Contributor) ,
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Opposing all claims that theory has come to an end, this book presents a fresh perspective on our reading, understanding, and application of theory and its affect on our interpretation of texts. (In)fusion theory challenges efforts to see theory as inhibiting by presenting an approach that is innovative, eclectic, and subtle in order to draw out competing and constellating ideas and opinions. This collected volume of essays examines (In)fusion theory and demonstrates how the theory can be applied to the reading of various works of Indian English novelists such as Salman Rushdie, Amitav Ghosh, Anita Desai, and Vikram Seth.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Preface
Part 2 I. (In)fusion Approach: The Critical Manifesto
Part 3 II. (In)fusion Approach: Theory, Contestation, Limits: 'Thinking' Text and (In)fusion Theory; Postcoloniality, Reading, and Theory; The Ethics of (In)fusion; Cyberspace: (Im)porting (In)fusion Theory; Post-colonial Horizon
Part 4 III. (In)fusionizing a Few Indian English Novels: The Epigon Coming the First: Midnight's Children as the Postmodern Authentic; Taking "Experience" Seriously in Anita Desai's The Village By the Sea; "Tents blooming in the coconu
Part 5 IV. Epilogue
Chapter 6 Writing, Indian English Literature and (In)fusion
Chapter 7 Index
Chapter 8 About the Contributors
Chapter 9 About the Editor

Product details

Published Sep 11 2006
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 352
ISBN 9780761834656
Imprint University Press of America
Dimensions 9 x 6 inches
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

RG
Anthology Editor

Ranjan Ghosh

VC
Contributor

Vikram Chandra

JM
Contributor

J Hillis Miller

GC
Contributor

Gayatri Chakravorty

BB
Contributor

Ben Baer

HB
Contributor

Homi Bhabha

GF
Contributor

Grant Farred

KW
Contributor

Kenneth Womack

PJ
Contributor

Paul Jahshan

BA
Contributor

Bill Ashcroft

SM
Contributor

Stephen Morton

DK
Contributor

Dorota Kolodziejczyk

AM
Contributor

Adam Muller

CC
Contributor

Claire Chambers

JI
Contributor

James M. Ivory

DM
Contributor

David Lorne Macdonald

SR
Contributor

Sangeeta Ray

PP
Contributor

Pushpa N. Parekh

MB
Contributor

Maria Sofia Pimentel Biscaia

DM
Contributor

David Mesher

CC
Contributor

Cara Cilano

DS
Contributor

Dora Sales Salvador

RM
Contributor

Ryan Mowat

JT
Contributor

Joanne Trevenna

AL
Contributor

Amy Lee

SR
Contributor

Sumana Roy

Reviews

  • We have heard about the death of theory for a decade, but of course the real question is what are the possibilities of theory now. This volume, with its sterling cast of contributors, offers some answers. It argues for a programmatic heterogeneity, fusing theories without disciplinary prejudice.

    Jeffrey J. Williams, Editor, Editor,The Minnesota Review; Co-Editor The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism

  • Theory has always been interdisciplinary in its aims and purposes. But with the proliferation of Theory in the last decades, theories tended to degenerate into mere variants of the outmoded disciplinary approaches. So what we presently need, above all, is an interdisciplinary approach to Theory. This is what the (In)fusion paradigm proposed in this volume admirably realizes. It does so not only by means of theoretical reflection, but by also giving convincing examples of what the new paradigm may bringgg

    Frank Ankersmit, Groningen University

  • Theory has always been interdisciplinary in its aims and purposes. But with the proliferation of Theory in the last decades, theories tended to degenerate into mere variants of the outmoded disciplinary approaches. So what we presently need, above all, is an interdisciplinary approach to Theory. This is what the (In)fusion paradigm proposed in this volume admirably realizes. It does so not only by means of theoretical reflection, but by also giving convincing examples of what the new paradigm may bring

    Frank Ankersmit, Groningen University

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