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Latour and Literary Studies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 October 2020

Rita Felski
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I am interested in questions of reading and interpretation. I am also drawn to actor-network theory and the work of Bruno Latour. Can these attractions be brought into alignment? To what extent can a style of thought that describes itself as empiricist and rejects critique speak to the dominant concerns of literary studies? Can actor-network theory help us think more adequately about interpretation? Might it inspire us to become more generous readers? How do literary studies and Latourian thought engage, enlist, seduce, or speak past each other? What duels, rivalries, intrigues, appropriations, or love affairs will ensue?

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Theories and Methodologies
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PMLA , Volume 130 , Issue 3 , May 2015 , pp. 737 - 742
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Copyright © Modern Language Association of America, 2015

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